Bill swore up and down he troubleshooted and tried everything when he dropped the compressor into place. Something else was amiss in the wiring of the unit. In the meantime, Bill wanted to test the unit, so we ran an extension chord and plugged the unit in. Bill called up Jeff who was currently working on a different boat and would need until 1 o’clock before he could take time away to do the bench test. Bill carried it to the companionway to an awaiting Andrew who hoisted it up and set it down in the cockpit. Moments after a lot of grunting and pulling, the compressor was freed. I had expressly set them aside for use on this project and that’s what we used. Naturally, he would place a higher value on items he knew than on those he didn’t. Then, I suggested using two wooden bowls that they had left behind in the galley, and I detected a hesitation on his part, I mentally inventoried the sailing, cooking, climbing, philosophy and other books we had and grimaced at the thought. The trick though was needing to wedge objects underneath so that we could lift incrementally to reset the compressor’s path while not losing any progress.Īs Bill cast his eyes around the cabin, he suggested using books and other small objects. When it seems everything was disconnected and a few items were labeled with tape so Bill knew to attach that particular hose first, Andrew got a couple 24” alpine slings from our climbing gear to fashion a reliable handhold on the compressor unit so it can be lifted and rocked out of its tight space. I’m sure there’s an order of operations to pull out the unit, which Bill answered in vague disjointed parlance when prompted by questions from Andrew, but otherwise would remain a complete mystery to us (see post mortem.) At one point, Bill did mention to shut off water valves (in and out) before taking the next step. In a small space behind the oven, there’s a cabinet which houses the compressor and a vast number of cables, hoses and lines for electrical, water and gas in order to operate the Sea Frost refrigeration system.
No disturbance on our boat, to his relief.īill arrived as scheduled and immediately got started on the project with Andrew. He looked around to see which way the wind was blowing and whether we would start coughing as well. He was hacking quite a bit as well as Lyn. Unbeknownst to us, Rich was messing with taking something apart on his boat, and he accidentally discharged bear spray.
Andrew and I sat in our cockpit sipping our morning coffee and tea. It was a balmy, sunny day with scarcely a whisper of wind. Once we had a handle on that, Bill dropped by to help us pull out the compressor so that we could take it to Jeff of Hawthorne Marine (authorized Sea Frost distributor and servicer) to have it bench tested. So we were left without the use of our refrigerator for a couple weeks while we dealt with the ordeal of moving. The night before we arrived in Florida, Bill had installed the compressor but it didn’t work.
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If we wanted to replace or upgrade the refrigeration, that would be on us as buyers.
Our boat had a niggling issue with the compressor for the Sea Frost SA-111 refrigerator system, which was known at the time of the sale, and made it the seller’s responsiblity to fix. It depends on your use case, not the previous owner’s use case, who deemed the boat ready to go. The reality is the term “ready to go” is a relative statement. As new boat owners, you want to believe that when a boat is described as ready to go that you could indeed cast off the bow lines and set sail after provisioning.
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