[Rhodes22-list] Support and gooseneck

[Alexander Cole]

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