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 Sent from my iPhone > 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? > > > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >
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