South Shore may actually have one. Several years ago, I broke the
opposite part on the boom. Southshore had a brand new casting out in the
shed. Took him a couple of days before he had a chance to dig it out and
ship it. It had not even had any machining done on it. It still needed
to be cleaned, trimmed, drilled and painted. They sold it to me as it
was for $100 plus shipping. Meanwhile, I took the original to my local
machine shop and the nice owner built up a lump of molten aluminum where
the ear had broken off, and then easily ground it to the same shape as
the original and drilled the proper sized hole in it. He charged me $50
and it was ready in 3 days. I still have the "new" one in my boat parts
in case, still unfinished, if I should ever need it.
Bill Bina
On 9/13/2017 5:00 PM, Al Serrato via CnC-List wrote:
The metal gooseneck fitting on the mast of my '34 failed. It attaches to the
mast via 4 screws on each side. One of the two metal loops that accepts the
boom end broke off. I have only gotten one estimate so far based on the photo I
sent to my usual boatyard, of $1100, to remove, fabricate and replace. I'm
waiting to hear back from some rig shops. I haven't tried to remove the piece
myself but am guessing I won't be able to with hand tools, and I'm worried
about stripping the screw heads.
Does anyone have a suggestion as to how to repair/replace without spending so
much? Is there a market out there for used pieces like this? Any help would be
appreciated.
Al Serrato
Senza Fine
1981 '34
San Francisco Bay
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