Broke the gooseneck fitting on the boom of my 1986 C&C 27-5 a few years
ago. The tab for the swivel broke off at it's base. South Shore had one!
It was a left-over that had not had final finishing or holes drilled.
Just as it came out of the mold. It took them a couple of days to locate
it in their warehouse, but it was on their inventory list. $100 plus
shipping. I bought that one, and at the same time I had dropped off the
broken one at a local machine shop. The machinist at first didn't seem
too hopeful. I suggested that he just use the broken off piece as a
dimensional guide, and fix the part by building up a blob of fresh
aluminum and then machining it down to the proper shape. That approach
worked like a charm. He charged me $50 and got me back sailing 3 days
after the thing had broken. I still have the fresh one from South Shore
in my "parts collection" should I ever need it. The repaired original
has been fine for the past 3 or 4 years.
Bill Bina
On 10/31/2013 8:26 AM, Rick Brass wrote:
When we broke the aluminum gooseneck on my 38 in an accidental gybe a few
years ago I took the pieces to a local metal fab shop. He made a replacement
out of stainless for around $100-125. My damage was that one of the ears
sheared off on the part of the gooseneck attached to the mast; so he only
had to make that portion, not the portion on the end of the boom.
Rick Brass
Washington, NC
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