I made a strop with AMSTEEL. I spliced eyes in each end. It goes around the mast three times. It stays in place without anything holding it there.
Mike Brannon Virginia Lee 93295 C&C 36 CB Virginia Beach, VA > On Sep 23, 2019, at 9:29 PM, Jim Reinardy via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > We were headed out for the last race of the season Saturday and as we loaded > up the main for the first time, the fitting on the boom that attaches to the > main sheet snapped off our 30-2. This was a single eye attached to a plate > riveted to the inside of the boom. I suspect this probably just weakened > over time and happened to give out at the weld. It was quite windy, but at > that point the stresses on the mainsheet weren’t out of the ordinary since we > were just motoring out of the harbor. No other damage to the boat and no > harm to the crew as a result of this, so it could have been much worse. > > Now the issue is how to find a replacement. Anyone have an idea if these are > available off the shelf or have another idea for replacement? RigRite does > not recognize it. I have also contacted Offshore Spars, who I believe made > the rig originally and helped me out with a boom vang bracket last year. > RigRite has one that is similar size but with a different hole pattern that I > probably could make work, but still hoping for a true replacement if I can > get one. Thanks for your help! > > Jim Reinardy > C&C 30-2 “Firewater” > Milwaukee, WI > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > <https://www.paypal.me/stumurray>
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