Hi from Florida! Bought our '98 21SC 6 weeks ago and have spent this time cleaning, replacing, repairing, almost everything. Maiden sail last week. Mainsail jumped the luff track at the top going into the aluminum luff track at the top of the mast (newer sail but missing the headboard, which is on order). Sailed anyway 'cause I needed to after so long of fixing things. Came back in after 2+ hours of sailing (flew the hull 2x's!) and got ready to drop the main. It hung bad at the lower portion of the comp tip going into the regular mast luff. Pulled down as hard as I could and still couldn't get it down. Pulling into shore wasn't an option to be able to turn her over to work it on shore (concrete launch area and docks aren't sailboat friendly). So, between pulling and cranking, it started to come down until the crank shaft sheared at the pin location of the the crank handle. I have a new crank handle but what do I do about the crank shaft? Nothing is available new (or is it?) Local tool and die machinist wants $400 to cut a new stainless rod, cut off the old one, clean the channel, end weld the new rod and drill a new crank handle pin hole. Says it'll take 3-4 hours of labor. Other shops won't touch it without engineered drawings and then say if my name isn't on the drawings they can't do the job due to copy right laws and liability issues. Welding shops say it's a machine shop issue, not a welding shop. Any ideas?
|