hurth 50

The Hurth 50 transmission disc clutch on my 1987 Ericson 32 Mark 3 with Universal M25 auxiliary had recently begun slipping. Even though I have been using the Hurth recommended Type A automatic transmission fluid, somewhere in a boating blog post I read that Type F automatic transmission fluid...

A couple of weeks ago, we went out for a nice evening sail after work. We got out into Commencement Bay, put up the sails and killed the engine. It was a really nice evening - about 60 degrees and 10 knots of wind, no chop. I thought it was perfect until I started hearing this...