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In a message dated 95-09-13 19:59:22 EDT,
>I looked closely at my base. The bolt which holds the rubber hour-glass
>broke. I've only used this base a bit over one season, and not
>all the time.
>
>Has anybody else had this bolt break?
That is the location of the break I suffered earlier this season. As I wrote
then, one should carry a nut tied between two stopper knots on a piece of
line. Then all you have to do is shove the nut into the mast track, pull on
the line so that one stopper knot snugs the nut up into the mast track, and
tie the mast base to the line. That is basically how I sailed in without a
universal joint after an hour and 15 minutes in the water at 3rd earlier this
summer.
I'm still perfecting a safety line between the board and the rig to prevent
this catastrophe from happening.
Bill
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