[Rhodes22-list] Furling foil

[ROGER PIHLAJA]

Mike,

Can you pull out the two halves from the aluminum extrusion?  After that, maybe there is a local machine shop to make you a new insert?  I would make the new insert out of delrin, which is a glass fiber reinforced nylon composite.

Roger Pihlaja
S/V Dynamic Equilibrium

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> As can be seen in the picture, my General Boats furling foil has a broken joining HDPE connector.  It?s been working fine when the pieces are butted up to each other, but it does give me some concern.  However, fixing it requires skills I don?t have.  Any suggestions?
> Michael McKay
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