[C38] corrosion and Rigid Vang installation

Max Soto maxsoto at gmail.com
Fri Mar 11 10:37:50 EST 2011


Steve, To avoid corrosion, you can use Teff Gel and that's it, no need for
plastic liner....That will avoid corrosion between stainless and
aluminum......

Max

2011/3/11 Don Strong <drstrong at ucdavis.edu>

>  Steve:
> We have a Garhauer rigid vang. Vigorous jibing by my kids ripped the
> rivet-attached vang from the boom a couple of years ago. The rivet holes had
> built up lots of corrosion in the 9 or so years since its installation. The
> rivet heads pulled out through the corroded donuts around the holes. There
> was not much corrosion between the vang bracket and the boom. We reattached
> the bracket to the boom with 3/8" bolts, for which we tapped holes into the
> boom. The kids haven't been able to wreck the reinstall, yet.
> Don
>
> On 3/11/11 7:06 AM, Steven Ribble wrote:
>
> Hi Folks;
>
>  So I just received my Garhauer rigid vang...all shiny and new...can't
> decide if I want to put it on the boat or over the mantel! :)  OK, it will
> go on the boat...but with that comes the question "does anyone have any
> lessons learned that I should know about?" Max had indicated that I
> should/could put a plastic gasket (cut from a milk jug, etc) between the
> vang brackets and the mast/boom...what about the compression of the vang
> when the boom is "level" (mid-range of the vang?) and/or mounting height on
> the mast?  Anything else to plan for?
>
> --
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Max Soto
C38 #198 ESTANCIA
Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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