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Mystery pin
Posted:
Sat Sep 12, 2009 6:36 pmby pjr
I recently bought a 1984 DS II and so far i love it. But it's missing one thing, the goose neck pin the goes through the tack of the sail. Where can i get one? What's the diameter? Can I use a 1/4 x 1.5 quick release pin? It fits but a little on the loose side.
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Posted:
Sun Sep 13, 2009 9:12 amby phil
me too. when you find one let me know.
thanks
Posted:
Sun Sep 13, 2009 10:28 amby Peterw11
Dumb question, but you've called Rudy at D&R, right?
He's got the gooseneck casting with pin for 20 bucks. Maybe he's got some spare pins.
Posted:
Mon Sep 14, 2009 5:50 pmby pjr
No i haven't called D&R but i will. Thank you.
Posted:
Mon Sep 14, 2009 8:07 pmby FF26 Truck
Does the gooseneck fitting have a threaded hole on one side of it to receive the pin? We have a DS1 which uses an "L" shaped pin with threads on the end, I ordered a few spares from Cape Cod Shipbuilding but I do not recall the exact cost. To prevent them from slipping overboard I drilled a hole in the short end to receive a split ring and attached a piece of utility cord to tie to the gooseneck hinge area.
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Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:49 pmby Peterw11
pjr:
I just reread my answer and realized it sounded like I thought your question was dumb.
I meant my question might be considered dumb, in that D&R is usually the "go to" on this site, and you probably already thought of it.
Hope my post wasn't misunderstood.
Just thought I'd clear that up.
Posted:
Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:50 pmby pjr
peterw11:
It's ok i knew what you meant.
I ended up using a 1/4 x 2 pin that i found at west marine. It's got a split ring on one end and a ball detent on the other. Works good so far but at some point I'm going get the actual pin.
Thank you