[Public-List] renewing mainsail track fasteners

[Mike Lehman]

Michael, they make a pop rivet adapter tool that fits into a drill chuck.
They are about $30, check Amazon. I watched a professional rigger replace
all of the rivets on a mast track with SS rivets coated with tuffgel. It
did not take long and the rivets we very tight. I would consider doing that.

Mike Lehman
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On Sat, Nov 6, 2021, 10:10 AM Michael via Public-List <
public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:

> I did not see this on the maintenance page, but I think it has been
> covered here in the past, and of course, I have forgotten what the
> consensus was.
> I have had several failures over the years of the pop rivets holding the
> sail track on the mast-my track is the what looks like some kind of
> copper alloy-not that that makes a difference in my problem (I think).
> This is a year that I pull the mast, and my intention is to fix it right
> and fix it once. So, 1. oval head sheer metal screws? 2. Aluminum pop
> rivets? 3. SS pop rivets-or something harder than aluminum (if such a
> thing exists)?
> I do not pull the boat out of water all that often, and pull the mast
> even less-apologies to Gordon. On the other hand, the Epiphanes paint
> job I did last winter on the Center Console turned out great-I'm doing
> the real boat this season-Thanks Gordon.
>
> Michael Grosh
> #220
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