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Hello Paul and Bob,
I finally decided to order some small spares from Windsport and I asked them about the rivets. Tom Phipps told me they use 4.8x22 Alu rivets so I added some rivets to the order.
Thank you very much for the help.
Best regards,
Javier
Thanks Bob for chiming in! Some advice from Windsport would be great! Paul's advice is much appreciated and makes a lot of sense but Bob's insight is also very valid. I took another look on the boat and the rivets holding the other guide look like they may be made from aluminium. And when I think ab...
Hi Paul,
Thank you very much for your help!
I will follow your advice. Monel rivets are harder to source but I can get stainless steel rivets easily.
Happy sailing!
Javier
Hola desde España! I’d like to ask you for advice regarding some repair that I need to do on my Dart 15. A shroud pin failed yesterday and of course the mast went down. Luckily no one got hurt and there was very little damage to the boat all things considered. One guide/ rail were the jib sheet bloc...
Hello David, Brian and Liam, Thank you very much for your help! I checked again and there were no signs of rivets or holes, but there is a hard paste around the mast heel that is falling off in some places. The mast ball has the stainless steel protrusion and seems to be OK. I think the mast heel ca...
Hello fellow Sprint 15 sailors! I'm Javier, I bought a second hand Dart 15 last September and sail in Torredembarra, a small town near Barcelona. I'm really happy to be a part of the Sprint/Dart 15 community, although we are one thousand kilometres apart! I first lowered the mast the other day and n...
