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zeil
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Initially Posted - 04/06/2005 :  17:34:35  Show Profile
After hiding all winter with embarrassment and hurt ego, I finally have to admit that I don’t seem to be able to come up with an easy solution for repairing this. Yes... it was coming into the harbor with too much momentum that I met something hard ending up with the shown result. Full story to published at a later date... perhaps!! see pictures
Any suggestions to straighten this and bring it back to the original look.
Through which stanchion do the electrical wires run feeding the nav. lights.
Thanks in advance
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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 04/06/2005 :  19:02:55  Show Profile  Visit Arlyn Stewart's Homepage
I don't think you will get the kink out short of straitening the tube, then welding (filling the kink area and then some grinding and polishing.

One idea might be to move the bow light to the kink area after the tube is straitened as the kink is just about where the current production bow lights are located. The mounting of the light there might mask the dent.
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bear
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Response Posted - 04/06/2005 :  19:37:50  Show Profile
I can't really tell if the bent tube is the only damage, but if you know of a good welder I would cut out the damaged part of the tube and use a fishmouth weld and weld in a new piece. Same material only the welded in part will be a little larger. Irregardless let a good welder take a look.
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 04/06/2005 :  20:08:01  Show Profile
If it were my old boat, I'd be inclined to straighten the bent tube with a C-clamp and a couple of pieces wood, then I'd put a Turk's head knot or some other decorative marlinspike work over the ding.
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zeil
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Response Posted - 04/07/2005 :  22:29:58  Show Profile
Thank you guys for all your good advice... Most likely I will take the easy way out and cover the ding with a made to scale Dutch windmill unless I find another simple solution. Perhaps one way would be to cut the tube behind the bow nav. light, buy and bend a new piece of SS tubing to the right shape and use on top a 2" splice fitting over top of the 1" pipe using two SS bolts to hold it in place. Hopefully the nav. electrical wiring does NOT run through the centre pulpit tubing.
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 04/08/2005 :  07:00:48  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
Paint a small purple heart above it and let it go. The first day on my first keel boat I put a gouge along the side about two feet long, in many ways it was a good thing. I was far less stressed after that as I learned how to handle my boat; the damage was done.
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zeil
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Response Posted - 04/09/2005 :  00:18:26  Show Profile
I must admit Frank that after your comment about painting a purple heart over the ding I feel much better and shall start relaxing a little more. Worry less and enjoy the boat. Although I still think that a windmill could double up as power generator. I wonder who else of this group could share a story or two...
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