MessageFrom: Leblanc, Ken - Marine & Leisure
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 8:18 AM
To: Pastore, Flavia - Marine & Leisure; Davis, Sam - Marine & Leisure
Cc: Greenslade, Tim - Jabsco
Subject: RE: Danforth compass problem.

Tim,

 

An immediate solution, Tim, would be to ask Fairline if they would consider changing compass models from the dual read card to a flat card.  What we need to do is conduct testing on the C399D-3 and -3W models that Fairline buys to determine the cause of the problem.  I have my suspicions, but by placing them on a vibration table and rotating them slowly, we should be able to duplicate the problem.  If it is what I think it is, it is a design issue.

 

Ken

 


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From: Pastore, Flavia - Marine & Leisure 
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 7:22 AM
To: Davis, Sam - Marine & Leisure; Leblanc, Ken - Marine & Leisure
Cc: Greenslade, Tim - Jabsco
Subject: FW: Danforth compass problem.
Importance: High

 

Sam/Ken:  Can you please take a look at the email below and send Tim a response today? Have we seen this type of complaints before? 

 

Tim: I am going to a dr. apt this am so by the time I get to the office you will probably be home. I will follow up with you tomorrow, if that is ok?  Also is there a specific time range they are seeing these problems or has it been present ever since the Global Balance was introduced?


Thanks

Flavia

 


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From: Greenslade, Tim - Jabsco
Sent: Tue 9/26/2006 5:17 AM
To: Pastore, Flavia - Marine & Leisure
Subject: FW: Danforth compass problem.

Hi Flavia,

 

Please see below with my apologies for not copying you in the first e mail.

 

I still have no response yet....

 

Regards,

 

Tim.

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Greenslade, Tim - Jabsco 
Sent: 22 September 2006 20:38
To: Leblanc, Ken - Marine & Leisure; Davis, Sam - Marine & Leisure
Cc: Foster, Michael - Jabsco; Forbes, Andrew - Jabsco; Dixon, Dawn - Jabsco
Subject: FW: Danforth compass problem.
Importance: High

Please see the message below.

 

It should be fairly self explanatory. The business at Fairline now seems to be at risk.

 

Ken, can you give us an urgent response re the issues raised? 

 

Sam, Could you add this to the list of issues to be dealt with on the Thursday conference calls please?

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: mr p garrod [mailto:info@seath-haztec.com] 
Sent: 22 September 2006 16:05
To: Greenslade, Tim - Jabsco
Subject: Danforth compass problem.

Dear Tim,

Just to recap on our conversation today, the problems encountered on the danforth compasses fitted to the Fairline boats are as follows:-

 

The high failure rate is almost entirely due to a frictional problem inside the compass.

The compass card seems too heavily weighted, with the result that the card sticks, and doesn't come on to course correctly.

This is most significant when turning the vessel slowly during compass adjustment.

The card will at times, appear to stop, and yet the vessel is still turning.

Once stopped, it can take several degrees movement of the vessel before the card moves again.

 

The master that sea trials the vessels has also made comments on the poor performance of the compasses.

He reports that they tend to yaw from side to side underway, also supporting the theory that they are frictional.

 

My previous experience of Danforth compasses has been that they were a first class item, this however was prior to the Global Balance range.

Fairline took Danforths on my recommendation, but this seems to have backfired, as the Ritchie compasses they replaced were far less trouble.

Unless something positive is actiond soon, I fear that Fairline will return all of their Danforths as faulty.

 

 

Best regards

Peter Garrod  compas adjuster #170C

 

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