hi there
yesterday during a sail in choppy waters and wind i broke the bow tang of my h14 turbo.
i was very lucky cause i wasn't so far and i could bring the boat back to the beach....
now i have 2 big problems
1) the screws are sized and i wasn't able to remove them
2) since my hobie is an "88 model and uses the four holes bow tang (not the new one with just one hole) here in italy is quite impossible to find one before 2\3 weeks and i have my first race next week end....
here the regata are very very rare 1\2 per year and i don't want to miss this one.
please heelp me to find a solution,if someone can send me the pieces via usps or ups in three days i'll pay by trasfering money from my bank,or via paypal,or whatever,including something for the disturb...i really need this piece!!!!!
hope someone can help me....
max
Could you get the old one welded? (Not ideal, but should get you back on the water). You'll need to get the screws unseized first of course - welding in situ would be a bad idea.
In the U.S. there is a product called PB Blaster that works well at unseizing things. My local rigging guy sprays it onto seized fittings over a 2 week period, occasionally hitting the head of the fitting with an impact driver.
If I hear of a tang available locally I'll send you a PM.
Chris.