[Rhodes22-list] Support and gooseneck
Alexander Cole
colealexander at hotmail.com
Wed Aug 14 13:47:21 EDT 2024
For the first time nothing broke after a week cruising on Erie. So instead I bent up the gooseneck of my IMF and broke the bolt attaching it to the plastic sled Sunday on a reservoir Sunday. I’ve not had a response from the parts website and the number is dead.
I think the failure relates to a vang I added to the pivot bolt. It was light wind with strong random gusts, so the boom was in the lower position and the vang did not form a 45 45 90 triangle. There must have been significant occasional stresses.
I can heat and rebend the metal but fear loss of strength. I need post general boat solutions. I think Stan modified a Ronstan racing dinghy gooseneck that is out of production. Holt Allan has a sliding gooseneck that looks interesting if it could be made to work. Anybody have insight?
Alex Cole
SV Lark
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