Spinnaker Pole End Fitting

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trapezeartist

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I have just broken the end fitting on my whisker pole and I am having huge difficulty finding a source of a replacement. Numerous online chandleries have dinghy-sized ones, but mine is to fit a 44.4mm OD tube. Any suggestions?
 
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i have these i bought & didnt use
 
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I've looked on eBay and could only find them on offer from the USA. Expensive shipping, difficult if something goes wrong, and buying such a simple item from halfway round the world seems so unnecessary.
 
Daydream believer said:
critical dimension is the inside one - what is it?
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Obviously that's true, but I imagine the manufacturers size the end fittings for a particular OD and wall thickness. As I haven't yet dis-assembled the end, it was only the OD that I was able to measure. By a combination of memory and guesswork I would think the wall thickness is 1.0-1.2mm: it's not a heavyweight. That would make the inside diameter about 42.0-42.4mm.
 
trapezeartist said:
Obviously that's true, but I imagine the manufacturers size the end fittings for a particular OD and wall thickness. As I haven't yet dis-assembled the end, it was only the OD that I was able to measure. By a combination of memory and guesswork I would think the wall thickness is 1.0-1.2mm: it's not a heavyweight. That would make the inside diameter about 42.0-42.4mm.
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If Z spars do them 41 diam ( see earlier post) & you want 42.4 then you may be able to form a sleeve using some plastic waste pipe of 38 0r 40 diam, ( think it comes up at 40) cut it to allow it to expand a bit & bobs your uncle
But you are wasting your time guessing until you know the exact sizes
 
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