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Author:  nytelyter [ Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:21 am ]
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a couple of weeks ago i snapped my hiking stick in two. and it kinda looked like i may be done sailing for the year as a new one is not really in the budget at $70-$150. then while rummageing thru a closet at work i found it.... it being a teloscoping paint roller stick. with very little modifacation it will work just as well (i believe). now here is the kicker. i went to the local home store and found a 5' - 9' stick for a whopping cost of..... $6.97. in fact they had a huge rack of them in asorted sizes and models all less than $30. am i wrong for useing this on my hobie 18????? ... paul
Author:  ncmbm [ Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:44 am ]
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It will break at the worst time. I wouldn't trust steering my boat with a paint stick. Repair the one you broke! Check catsailor.com for info on repairing.
Author:  hobie1616 [ Tue Aug 07, 2007 8:32 am ]
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Go ahead and use it until you can afford a new hiking stick. There's nothing wrong with sailing ghetto.
Author:  Doc Thirst [ Tue Aug 07, 2007 8:48 am ]
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hobie1616 wrote:
Go ahead and use it until you can afford a new hiking stick. There's nothing wrong with sailing ghetto.


Amen to that!

*goes back to weaving his shoe-string main sheet.
Author:  Dan DeLave [ Tue Aug 07, 2007 9:30 am ]
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Just be advised that the definition of sailboat: "A hole in the water to dump money into" is being challenged here. I won't tell if you don't...oh you already have.
Author:  Hobie Nick [ Tue Aug 07, 2007 9:36 am ]
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If you are worried about the cheap stick breaking, buy two of them. It is still less than one new hiking stick.

I couldn't afford to fix a hole in my boat so I sailed for a few months with duct tape covering it to keep the water out of the hulls. The hole was 6" in diameter. I may have not measured correctly when I went to cut the hole for my hull port. I waited until that winter to get it repaired. It wasn't pretty, but it worked.
Author:  gree2056 [ Tue Aug 07, 2007 11:17 am ]
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On my Hobie 14 I used a painter stick for an entire summer, then I bought a hot stick.

I never had a problem with the stick at all. I now use it to paint with.
Author:  hobie1616 [ Tue Aug 07, 2007 8:44 pm ]
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gree2056 wrote:
On my Hobie 14 I used a painter stick for an entire summer, then I bought a hot stick.

I never had a problem with the stick at all. I now use it to paint with.

Ya gotta love multifunctional parts.
Author:  hobie1616 [ Tue Aug 07, 2007 8:46 pm ]
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Speaking of ghetto, how about this?
Image
http://www.fedexfurniture.com/
Author:  DVL [ Wed Aug 08, 2007 3:59 am ]
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Looks like your saving for a new boat. :D

Nothing wrong with that.
Author:  windpwr [ Wed Aug 08, 2007 12:07 pm ]
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hobie1616 wrote:
Go ahead and use it until you can afford a new hiking stick. There's nothing wrong with sailing ghetto.

Hey, you are only limited by your imagination I say. I bought a new used 16 in April and it had a paint stick for a tiller extension, I laughed at first sight ot it but lemme tell ya it's still holding strong and works just fine!
Author:  Karl Brogger [ Wed Aug 08, 2007 2:23 pm ]
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When I bought my first 16 I used a piece of ABS???, (the gray stuff) electrical conduit for the first year. Stuck a grip from a motorcycle on the end. Worked well enough.
Author:  ncmbm [ Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:42 am ]
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I just hope I never end up in a race with you paint stick warriors, its sounds like an insurance claim waiting to happen!
Author:  DVL [ Thu Aug 09, 2007 11:10 am ]
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NO PROBLEM Just Protest them. One Design or Portsmouth the boat rating will be rated for compliance to class rules. :oops: Protesting it would be something I would never do unless it was to speed up a boat.
Author:  BobMerrick [ Thu Aug 09, 2007 6:45 pm ]
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A paint stick tiller extension is perfectly legal provided it is made from non-conductive material.
ie. No carbon fiber or metal paint sticks. Wood or plastic is ok.


11.1 The tiller extension may be either an extendable or non-extendable design but shall be a single tiller with one end connected to the crossbar in the same location as the factory supplied tiller. THE TILLER EXTENSION SHALL BE MADE OF A NONELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL ON ALL NORTH AMERICAN REGION BOATS. NONELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVE TILLER EXTENSIONS ARE RECOMMENDED ON ALL BOATS WORLDWIDE
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