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Old 13-01-2011, 16:32   #1
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Need Your Opinion . . . Fortune Furler

see photos...id like to know if this would work...a friend wants to use a pvc pipe with this old furler...the home made unit is prety strong but I think pvc and alloy dont mix well...your opinion pleas.
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I don't know what size boat, or ultimate loads, but this looks like a disaster waiting to happen. When the pipe breaks, there goes the forestay, and so goes the rig.
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think he realised this was no good...not herd of him sins i posted this...thanks
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