Looking for a solution to the damaged tufnol boom slide.

[Pikor]

Hi All,

My Snapdragon's 747 gooseneck is sliding on a tufnol slide on the mast and I have found this slide broken.


And I am looking to replace either the tufnol part or the whole arrangement on the mast side. Similar thing happen to PBO project boat Hantu Biru and they replaced tufnol thingy with a fixed bracket (Dec 2014 p. 20).


What you guys think I may be able to do here? I want her on the water as soon as possible. On a side note, this hasn't been found by the surveyor.

Kind regards,

 

[wrr]

Various sizes and grades of tufnol sheet are available from plastics stockists. It should not be too difficult to replace the piece of tufnol track like for like.

 

[Concerto]

Plenty available on eBay as well. Tufnol is easy to cut and shape with hand tools, so suggest you make a new one.

 

[VicS]

Hi All,

My Snapdragon's 747 gooseneck is sliding on a tufnol slide on the mast and I have found this slide broken.


What you guys think I may be able to do here? I want her on the water as soon as possible. On a side note, this hasn't been found by the surveyor.

Kind regards,

Repair with Araldite andput extra fastenings either side of the repair ???????/

 

[Pikor]

@VicS @Concerto @wrr

As you can see on pictures there are already additional screws there . But yeah, repair or replacement should be possible.

 

[Stemar]

If it's anything like my Snappy 24, once I got the boom in the right place, I never moved it, so I'm unconvinced of the need for a slide, but a new one shouldn't be hard to make.

If Tufnol isn't easily available, aluminium isn't hard to work. I've used a router with carbide bits - just take little bites and go slow.

 

[neil_s]

Would a piece of genoa sheet block slide do the trick? You can get it in 1 and 1 1/4 inch sizes. The Barton slab reef track is 25 mm, too.

 

[Pikor]

Would a piece of genoa sheet block slide do the trick? You can get it in 1 and 1 1/4 inch sizes. The Barton slab reef track is 25 mm, too.

Or a T track for main traveller, definitely worth checking. Thanks