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8.4 If components are swamped remove and dry them first if necessary, then spray
with “Corrosion Guard”
8.5 Remove the inspection ports to ventilate the buoyancy compartment when the
boat is packed away each day.
8.6 When the boat is stored for extended periods, remove (all) the electrics com-
pletely, service them and store in a dry place.
8.7 If the boat is usually sailed manually, remove the electrics till they are needed
again, closing all the holes with rubber bungs.
8.8 If the main sheet winch fails to work when activated first check the plug leads. If
all seems OK next listen at the control box to hear if the relays are clicking. If they are
the problem may be the blown fuse taped onto the side of the mainsheet motor which
is in the circuit to protect the components if the sheet winch motor is stalled and
overloaded. Remove the winch, remove the tape and replace the 10 amp x 12 volt
fuse.
8.9 If the MO switch fails to engage and disengage the jib winch it is most probably
dirty terminals in the 9 pin joystick connectors. Clean the pins. Do not spray the 9 pin
connectors with corrosion guard as the MO switch works with mille amps and corrosion
guard will inhibit a good contact.
8.10
Adjusting the steering lines.
To align the steering, engage the clutch, rotate the
drum from lock to lock, then stop it at what you estimate to be the mid point. There
are steering line adjustments at the tillers and at the joystick. Adjust the lines so that
the joystick, tillers and the winch drum are all central. When you run the motor look
for the tillers to oscillate evenly port and starboard, and that the joystick oscillates
correspondingly. If not, adjust the lines till they are.
8.11 If the sheet is accidentally run through the winch, remove the winch, rotate the
threaded rod to release the rocker until the sheet can be fed back around the drum,
then re-tension the sheaves by rotating the rod. Reinstall the winch. If the rope slips
it could be that more sheave tension is needed, so adjust the threaded rod, or possibly
the glass beads are worn. Contact Access Dinghies in this event.
8.12 Changing between manual and servo a assist systems.
(a) If you wish to sail the boat manually and adjust the sheets by hand, wind the
sheets out of the winches leaving a tail of about half a meter outside the
winches. This will leave the full length of the sheets available for manual op-
eration.
(b) To change back to servo assist winch operation reverse the above process and
wind the sheets in on the winches leaving about half a metre outside the cam-
cleats. This will leave all the sheet available for servo use.
(c) To align the main and jib sheet winches to work in sinc refer to Part Two –
Rigging the Liberty, 3 Setting up main and jib sheets.
The Recommendations relating to corrosion should be taken very seriously and apply to
any environment, but the warmer and more humid your climate the more vigilant you
will have to be.
IF YOU SAIL IN SALT WATER YOU SHOULD TAKE THESE RECOMMEN-
DATIONS VERY SERIOUSLY
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