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| Author: | PeteCress [ Mon Apr 04, 2016 2:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | 2015 AI: Check Your Downhaul Plate's Rivets |
Took the sail off to do some needlework on it. Putting it back on, I found this: https://picasaweb.google.com/1081497986 ... 5344680178 https://picasaweb.google.com/1081497986 ... 2957521394 That's the plastic plate that is inside of the downhaul hook. Looks like a material quality issue to me because this sail has less than a year of use on it. I would have expected stainless steel, but that looks more like pot metal - not that I actually know what "Pot Metal" is..... but just that it looks really cheap. Also, I could see where the rivets were wearing the mast: https://picasaweb.google.com/1081497986 ... 5530119426 .... Doesn't look like much in the pic, but when I run my thumb along that area I can feel the grooves....... Had a windsurfing mast fail in that mode where a batten was doing the same deed. .... In this case, the plastic surface of the plate may limit the depth of the grooves.... but still.... not a pretty sight. Replaced the rivet with something of more marine-grade matrial and electrical-taped a sacrificial layer around the mast. |
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