[Rhodes22-list] Broken Gooseneck

[Peter Nyberg]

Jeff,

I too found that I had overloaded my gooseneck and reduced it to bits of tangled metal.  I rebuilt mine using heavier duty parts that I ordered from Dwyer (dwyermast.com).

I made a YouTube video in which I talk about the parts used for the rebuild and how to find them on the Dwyer website (in excruciating detail). I did a quick check, and the parts still seem to be available.  You can find the video here: https://youtu.be/z_pg6PVEZqI

Peter Nyberg
Coventry, CT
s/v Silverheels (1988/2016) 

> On 2021-09-28, at 10:06:02 EDT, Jeff Smith Photo wrote:
>
> At the beginning of the season I noticed that all parts of the gooseneck were 
> badly bent. I straightened out the boom piece and replaced the rest with what 
> looked like an equivalent small boat gooseneck. It had a 1/4" rod which I 
> threaded and bolted through the black slider.  Yesterday that rod broke from the 
> U fitting. We had been on a broad reach in 20 knts with a heavily reefed main 
> and the boom vang on.  All jibes were controlled. Repair will have to wait until 
> we return from the Chesapeake to NJ. Has anyone else had a problem with their 
> gooseneck? 
> Does anyone have a spare they would sell?
> I may ask a machinist to fabricate a beefed up version.
> How does one search the current list? I did it a lot on  a Nabble.
> 
> Best Regards
> Jeff Smith
> Radiant, Hull 101 '09/16
> www.<a href="http://JeffSmithPhoto.Net">http://JeffSmithPhoto.Net</a>
> 732-236-1368
>