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Repair Service for an Original Ritchie Red Compass
Cpelcher	#1  Posted on 01/18/19 - 5:31 PM
Member Posts: 17 Comments: 0 Joined: 07/29/15	Hi folks. Anyone have a recommendation of someone that can repair/restore an original Ritchie Red Compass? Thank you Chris
JRP	#2  Posted on 01/18/19 - 7:39 PM
Member Posts: 755 Comments: 2 Joined: 08/29/14	Your best bet is to send it back to the Ritchie factory in Pembroke, MA. They will take good care of you, and their charge for repairing/refurbishing is usually nominal. 19 Outrage II (1992)
Tfrere	#3  Posted on 01/18/19 - 8:35 PM
Member Posts: 43 Comments: 0 Joined: 08/12/18	There is a company in Metairie, LA that rebuilt the compass on my Morgan 38 sailboat. They did a beautiful job. Contact me for more info at (EDIT: removed email per guideline #4 at the top of this page) Edited by Joe Kriz on 01/19/19 - 12:52 PM
Phil T	#4  Posted on 01/19/19 - 6:35 AM
Administrator Personal Page Personal Album Project Albums Posts: 7043 Comments: 6 Joined: 03/26/05	I recall reading that in many cases if you send it back to Richie, they give you a new one (if still in production). 1992 Outrage 17 I 2019 E-TEC 90, Viper 17 2+ 2018 Load Rite Elite 18280096VT
Cpelcher	#5  Posted on 01/19/19 - 7:19 AM
Member Posts: 17 Comments: 0 Joined: 07/29/15	Thank you everyone! I’ll contact Ritchie. Appreciate it
guitarfish	#6  Posted on 01/19/19 - 8:43 AM
Member Posts: 175 Comments: 2 Joined: 04/24/10	There is a compass repair project photo album on this site if you do a search. I had already redone mine before I stumbled on it. I spent hours buffing mine to near new condition, appearance wise. A doable project if you want to do it yourself. What does yours need? 1971 Menemsha 16 and 1978 15' Custom
Cpelcher	#7  Posted on 01/19/19 - 12:12 PM
Member Posts: 17 Comments: 0 Joined: 07/29/15	The globe has condensation. Also needs a good going over
gchuba	#8  Posted on 01/19/19 - 12:32 PM
Member Posts: 1675 Comments: 0 Joined: 03/31/13	I just did an exhaustive research and also consulted with Ritchie for a compass on another boat I have (1077 23' Penn Yan). They may or may not have product support for the older Ritchies (they are phasing/phased out product support for the old compasses). What you may want try or ask about is fitting a current compass into the red housing. Take yours apart and get measurements. If they have something that works look into the combidial series. You do not have to be directly over it to read it. Have your measurements on hand. Ritchie is extremely nice to consult with.
Joe Kriz	#9  Posted on 01/19/19 - 12:54 PM
Site Owner Personal Page Personal Album Photo Albums Project Albums Posts: 11447 Comments: 452 Joined: 03/18/05	This is in our "Project Album" section. http://www.whalercentral.com/userphot...lbum_id=68