[Public-List] another maintenance item

[Gordon Laco via Public-List]

No, I've not had it break...but I do squint and grimace at it sometimes wondering.  

Gord 
Surprise 426
(At the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival... If any of you are here please come to my display in the Boat Shop building. )

G

On 2015-09-11, at 9:36 AM, gordon white via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:

>            Having had the topping lift fail last weekend - probably "original equipment" - I have been looking at other things of great age on the boat.
> 
>    My main sheet is attached to the aft end of the boom via a piece of stainless steel which is bolted (one bolt, probably stainless, maybe 3/8 inch in diameter. )   It has a 9/16 hex head on it. It has not been removed at least since the mast (bent in a storm while at the pier) was replaced, 18 years ago. Maybe not since the boat was built in 1967.
> 
>    I was wondering if the bolt might have wear where the sheet tackle attaches. I put a wrench on it and with a pretty hefty attempted turn it would not budge. I hesitate to use a breaker bar with a three foot pipe on it as stainless is not as tough as, say, an AN bolt, and to break it off in the boom would be a mighty problem.
> 
>    I cannot see that the bolt is much worn. It may be "frozen" in the aluminum boom and possibly the best thing to do is leave it alone.
> 
>    Anyone have the bolt break?
> 
> 
> Gordon White,
> 
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