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Ben
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Initially Posted - 05/17/2010 :  07:22:43  Show Profile
Hi all, take a look at this and let me know what you think. Before shelling out $100 to have the headboard professionally repaired, i thought i'd give it a shot with the 23 year old sail.


There is another T-bracket on the other side, sandwiching the original headboard. The T-brackets are about an eigth of inch thick.
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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 05/17/2010 :  07:41:55  Show Profile
It looks like a stroke of true genious to me, Ben!

You might want to replace the nuts with self-locking nuts (the ones with the nylon inserts).
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aeckhart
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Response Posted - 05/17/2010 :  09:38:40  Show Profile  Visit aeckhart's Homepage
And cut the excess off the bracket. You're going to tear the sail next.
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Response Posted - 05/17/2010 :  10:15:23  Show Profile
Even better, he might be pointing us all to a good idea for a 15 y.o. mainsail. Add a SS elbow bracket at the top -before- the headboard rips out, or when you see the top getting sad.

I always fold mine over when I tie it down and feel bad about the strain on it.

Thanks Ben!
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Ben
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Response Posted - 05/17/2010 :  12:16:13  Show Profile
Good idea on the locking nuts, Steve. I'll grab some of those before I go out next.

Thanks all!
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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"> And cut the excess off the bracket <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">


Agreed. And make sure to get out your file and round the corners and edges <i>really</i> well.
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islander
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Response Posted - 05/17/2010 :  13:45:01  Show Profile
Trim the part that sticks out the back, Use lock nuts and I think you have a cheap fix there. It might rust but on an old sail that you are looking to get a few more miles out of, Who cares. Also go easy on the halyard tension when raising it.
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skrenz
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Response Posted - 05/17/2010 :  13:57:21  Show Profile
Hate to be the curmudgeon here, but why not just replace the headboard entirely? From sailrite a new nylon one is around $5 and an aluminum one is around $15 to $25 depending on the size. They are just pop riveted on so drilling out the old and installing the new is a no brainer.

http://www.catalina-capri-25s.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=21545
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Ben
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Response Posted - 05/18/2010 :  04:11:39  Show Profile
I'm suprised a new headboard would be so cheap, given how everything else with boats seems so expensive. Anyway, I decided this method as a spur of the moment kind of thing; I was at the hardware store and thought I'd try to make my own headboard. It was less than $10 and I have tons of bolts and nuts left over.
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