[Alberg30] Mooring to a dock!

[Robert Kirk]

Yves... The answer is maybe. The reason you have a bubble is failure of the 
sealing system which means more than refilling is needed.  If it's just 
dried out & leaking you might just be able to refill. As a kid, I filled an 
old compass with the (then) standard 50-50 alcohol & water mixture and it 
worked fine for years afterward. Kerosene was also used. But when I bought 
Isobar it had the original "Sailor" (?) compass with a bubble and was 
unfixable; the diaphram leaked. Which was just as well because of its lousy 
location in the bridge deck notch too close the the engine. My advice: (1) 
if it's a good, expensive compass take it to a professional compass 
fixer/swinger. There's always one around a major port.  (2) If it's cheap, 
comletely replace fluid with almost any light fluid and see what happens. 
The gaskets or O rings are usually not easily replaceable. Don't be 
surprised if the bubble reappears. (3)  I replaced mine with a bulkhead 
mounted Ritchie with which I'm very happy.

Bob Kirk
Isobar #181

At 01:04 PM 5/8/03 -0400, you wrote:
>Good morning everyone,  I've got a bubble in my compass and I am wondering
>if this can be fixed or do I need a new one
>
>Thanks!
>
>Yves #626

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