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SNARK TIPS FOR REPAIRS AND REPLACING PARTS
REPAIRING YOUR HULL - Two part epoxy
cement can be used to keep your rub rail for
coming off or repair that little hole you
received on shore. Large areas of damage
will requires a fiberglass repair.
Fiberglass comes in bulk or as a kit. Both
epoxy fillers used on autos or general epoxy
cement works.
Remember to NOT USE Petroleum based
products or related to Fiberglass on your
hull using Polyester resins is not a
good idea as they tend to melt the hull
material.
Painting your ABS hull is done best
with enamel paints but just to be safe with
the paint you purchased do a test spot to
see how it sticks. Several coats will be
needed versus doing one heavy coat.
Paint tends to like to dissolve foam so keep
the paint on the ABS plastic only. All foam
Sea Snark hulls must not be painted but can
be lightly sanded to get a cleaner look.
Fiberglass-ing the entire hull is a bit over
kill and so it is best just to buy a new
complete hull from us as the amount of
fiberglass you will have to use to cover the
entire hull will be very costly.
You can order these
items from
www.sailcda.com
PARTS THAT ARE LOOSE can reduce the
performance of your boat and potential cause
an item to pull out while sailing.
Apply epoxy cement to loose parts by
coating the threads and re-insert them.
Loose Rudders or Mast you can use
electrical tap around the area that is most
loose at point of contact like at the top of
the rudder blade. With the masts you can
also drill a hole in the mast sleeve and
mast under the Mast Seat/Cross Member
Assembly. This also helps the mast keep from
sliding out during a capsize.
GET BACK ON THE WATER QUICK TIPS
Purchasing new parts for old boats -
All new Sea/Supper Snarks & Sunflowers use a
plastic gudgeon and rudder head. If your
boat does not use plastic then you will need
to replace your old parts with these new
plastic parts.
SAIL REPAIR -
Ripped sails can be fix via sail tape
available at almost any Marine store or via
www.sailcda.com.
Depending on the age of your sail a piece of
nylon fabric can be used to repair a tear
but remember with old sails putting in new
stitching (small holes in the old fabric)
can actually reduce the strength of the old
material potentially causing more ripping.
To clean your sail use soap such a
Simple Green and remember to not use to much
soap as it will take a while to get the soap
out of the material. Lay your sail out and
hand wash it or put it in your bath tube and
scrub while it is immersed in water. Never
never put a sail in a washing machine.
Mast Top Cap - if you loose the mast
cap and do not have time to get a new one
simply drill a hope at the top of the mast
and insert an eye bolt. You can run the
halyard (line that pulls up the sail)
through the eye bolt.
RIGGING LINE -
3/16 Nylon Line/Rope
REPLACING THE SPARS (Mast, Boom, Spar)
- Shipping a spar long distance can be
costly due to their length so we recommend
purchasing this item locally if at all
possible.
Mast Replacement
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Sea/Super Snark - 84" long x 1-1/8"
Diameter
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Sunflower - 99" long x 1-1/8" Diameter
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EMT Thin wall conduit works well for the
mast.
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Install eyebolt at mast top for halyard
line.
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Tap can be used to make the mast fit
snuggly in the mast sleeve and/or
install a mast base bolt.
Boom Replacement
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Sea/Super Snark - 120" long x 3/4"
Diameter
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Sunflower - 120" long x 7/8" Diameter
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1/2 EMT Thin wall conduit works well for
the boom (outside diameter is actually
more like 5/8"). Comes in 10' length.
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To drill hardware holes use the old boom
or sail as a pattern for where to drill
the new holes.
Upper Spar/Upper Boom Replacement
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Sea/Super Snark - 120" long x 3/4"
Diameter
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Sunflower - 148" long x 7/8" Diameter
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1/2 EMT Thin wall conduit works well for
the boom (outside diameter is actually
more like 5/8"). Comes in 10' length.
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Sunflower - Since the sunflower spar is
a little longer use a 30" piece of 3/4"
EMT electrical conduit tubing and fit it
over the the 1/2" conduit and bolt it in
place to make an extension so the spar
is a total length of 148"
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To drill hardware holes use the old spar
or sail as a pattern for where to drill
the new holes.
DAGGERBOARD
RUDDER BLADE
RUDDER L-PIN
SEE
PARTS DIAGRAM ABOVE FOR SAIL AND HARDWARE
PRICING!
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