Snatch blocks are usually available on eBay for $100 or less. Might not be the 
big ones but keep watching. 

Dennis C. 
Touché 35-1 #83
Mandeville,LA

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> On Apr 9, 2019, at 4:13 PM, Matthew L. Wolford via CnC-List 
> <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
> 
> With all due respect, the stainless straps on the side were only slightly 
> bent and remain plenty strong.  The pin, on the other hand, may be 
> structurally compromised.  This is why I asked for information (not a 
> lecture).  I’m not going to buy a $500 (or so) block when it can be repaired 
> with a $15 (or so) pin.
>  
> From: Chuck Gilchrest via CnC-List
> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2019 4:09 PM
> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
> Cc: Chuck Gilchrest
> Subject: Re: Stus-List Merriman snatch block question
>  
> “Fixing” bent snatch blocks???  Really??  Bending it back into shape?  
> Finding replacement pins for 30 year old blocks that are twisted and falling 
> apart?  You need to consider metal fatigue and once stainless steel is bent 
> without applying heat, it is severely compromised.
> I’m as cheap as the next sailor (well maybe not the Canadian ones…) but once 
> a piece of critical hardware gives up and gets bent out of shape, it finds 
> its way into the scrap heap and gets replaced because I don’t depend on 
> damaged hardware to get me home safely..  Maybe because I love my children 
> and my wife and want to see them again.   Just for the record, if the snatch 
> block lets go under load and kills someone or severely injures a crew member, 
> I hope you have enough liability insurance because it will not be something 
> you can pin on a company that has been out of business since 1989.
> If you have a single piece of electronic gadgetry or cookware on your boat 
> that costs more than a snatch block and have limited financial resources, I 
> suggest you sell them and buy the new hardware that you need.  And yes, I am 
> well aware that new snatch blocks are expensive..it’s for good reason!
> Chuck Gilchrest
> S/V Half Magic
> 1983 35 Landfall
> Padanaram, MA
> From: CnC-List <cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com> On Behalf Of Bill Coleman via 
> CnC-List
> Sent: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 2:02 PM
> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
> Cc: Bill Coleman <colt...@verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: Stus-List Merriman snatch block question
>  
> Lay it under my keel, I will take a look at it. I can probably beat it back 
> into shape. Might cost you a beer or two, tho.
> I used to repair Merle’s Merrimans, and now of course I own them.
>  
> Bill Coleman
> C&C 39 Erie, PA<image001.gif>
>  
> From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Matthew L. 
> Wolford via CnC-List
> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2019 1:15 PM
> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
> Cc: Matthew L. Wolford
> Subject: Stus-List Merriman snatch block question
>  
> Listers:
>  
>     I have an old Merriman snatch block in need of repair.  It was under load 
> last season and not properly closed, which caused it to open and bend the 
> stainless straps (on the sides) and the pin holding it together.  I believe I 
> can bend the stainless straps back more or less into alignment.  However, the 
> pin is bent and in need of replacement.  The pin used by Merriman for this 
> block is stainless, 2 1/2 inches long (I’m guessing 5/16 diameter) with a  
> head on one end and internal threads on the other.  It is held together by a 
> machine screw that screws into the threaded end.  I suppose I could use a 
> stainless bolt, but that would not be very elegant.  Any ideas? 
>  
>  
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