Collision... shattered the end of my sprit.. Question about repair..

[Greg Jackson]

I'd be interested in a spare as well...

[Ben Steinberg]

  Money talks... I highly doubt they could be anywhere close to $200.  The cost of the materials plus the consumables needed to make them might be $200 though at manufacturers cost.  Be interested to find out what they would cost.  I'd like it a few inches longer so the tack line could actually limit the fully extended length instead of the pole out tackle jamming against the bulkhead. 
  Can someone with a new boat and a set of calipers measure the wall thickness and diameter of their sprit.  MM or thousands of inches please. 

[Tim Carter]

with all of the talk about breaking the old style bobstay eye.....  If that were to happen, could you not just drill a hole athwartships at that location, fill it with bog and then run your spectra to the hole.  Done that way all the time in skiff types, surly not a advantage in any way, but a fairly simple remedy....  ???

[Ben Steinberg]

with all of the talk about breaking the old style bobstay eye.....  If that were to happen, could you not just drill a hole athwartships at that location, fill it with bog and then run your spectra to the hole.  Done that way all the time in skiff types, surly not a advantage in any way, but a fairly simple remedy....  ???

drill two intersecting holes into said bog, put a pin through it.  

[Dan Tucker]

with all of the talk about breaking the old style bobstay eye.....  If that were to happen, could you not just drill a hole athwartships at that location, fill it with bog and then run your spectra to the hole.  Done that way all the time in skiff types, surly not a advantage in any way, but a fairly simple remedy....  ???

In honor of Leslie Nielsen's passing, "Don't call me Shirley"

Back to the business at hand: I had the same thought yesterday when reading this thread. Seems simple and straightforward enough to me. I see no competitive advantage either. Would need Tech Committee approval though. Seems sensible enough to me!

[Justin Scott]

Am I the only one who likes the sprit line to the bow eye? I know it's difficult to repair if ever needed, but I like how the pole height stays fixed and the pole doesn't bend under load.

Surely you jest sir!

The pole bends under load........just look at any pic of an older boat going downwind in a blow. The angle of the sprit line means that it provides very little support to the end of the pole.

IMHO, there is no discernable difference downwind between bend of new pole without sprit line and old pole with.

[Michael Gravitt]

What did you come up with the pole?  I also broke mine.  Sounds like it is broken at the same spot.  I can repair but if we found new poles I would consider buying one.  Rondar says they can have one made for 500$.  I am going to try and fix mine first.  I need the bushings where the tack line comes through if anyone knows where I can get something line this.  I also need the plug at the end.

[Ben Steinberg]

fiberspar no longer makes custom carbon products, only windsurfing masts.  no lead there for new spin poles.  Is anyone REALLY interested?