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clayC
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Initially Posted - 04/22/2013 :  17:53:16  Show Profile
Yea I know they should be replaced, But what kind of tool is best to tighten them up.
Kamalla 1980 C25 SK/TR
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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 04/22/2013 :  19:56:11  Show Profile
I had them on a different boat (and hated them)... I used an old wood-handled ice pick that fit nicely through the hole in the barrel.
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redeye
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Response Posted - 04/23/2013 :  04:01:53  Show Profile
it is so easy to drop your tools when doing that, and kerplunk they are gone.. I use a stanley wood handle scratch awl and some small channel locks. Lots of folks add a lanyard to tools.

If you could find a punch small enough it would probably work better than the awl as it easily bent.
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Stu Jackson C34
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Response Posted - 04/23/2013 :  08:31:13  Show Profile
The best solution is to never use closed body turnbuckles, use the open body ones. A friend lost his forestay one year and saved his rig by going immediately downwind. I replaced my closed body turnbuckles the following week. When the rigger removed the backstay turnbuckle, it literally disintegrated!!!
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redeye
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Response Posted - 04/23/2013 :  08:45:09  Show Profile
Ditto.. I got rid of my one on the forestay.
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