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buying a older boat
Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 3:24 pm
by bristollad
For anyone buying a older boat make sure you have a look at the spinnaker throat bolts under the gunhaul as i never and have now found out after the second sail on my boat that on the port side the bolts have almost pulled through due to the rig tension on the newer boats they have updated this problem by have 5 bolts each side and not 4 so now i have got to take them all out epoxy all the holes and over size the bolts grrrrrr so make sure you check them guys
apart from that all going great
jason
gbr 64
Re: buying a older boat
Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 4:00 pm
by Rick
Jason,
That is a good tip, with any 10 year old high performance dinghy there is going to be some wear.
Having recently been through the process would you be willing to add your guides and experiences here:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1585&p=9010#p9010BTW did you read this?
Re: buying a older boat
Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 4:09 pm
by bristollad
yes i did rick cheers will add my comments to !
Re: buying a older boat
Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 4:15 pm
by bristollad
added
Re: buying a older boat
Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 4:19 pm
by Rick
bristollad wrote:yes i did rick cheers will add my comments to !
Thanks, the more people comment on that thread the better informed people are ...
The good thing about this class is everyone shares their experience for the greater good ...
Re: buying a older boat
Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 9:45 pm
by paul manning
Good observation...