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C&C 27mk 5 stemball fitting

The stemball fitting for the forestay on my C&C 27 MK 5 is cracked.

Where can I get a new stemball fitting?

Thanks

Dick White

Steve Reid

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Re: C&C 27mk 5 stemball fitting

Dick:
Have you tried Rob at Southshore Yachts, see their link in Links and Contacts, I suggest calling them as opposed to email because my experiance is you'll get a quicker response.

Steve Still Knot Working Mk V #74

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Re: C&C 27mk 5 stemball fitting

Thanks Steve. Southshore yachts can get me a replacement part. It's a little shorter so I will have to extend my forestay length by 2-1/2" or so. Hopefully I can rig something without having to change the forestay wire.

Thanks

Dick White

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Re: C&C 27mk 5 stemball fitting

Thanks Steve. Southshore yachts can get me a replacement part. It's a little shorter so I will have to extend my forestay length by 2-1/2" or so. Hopefully I can rig something without having to change the forestay wire.

Thanks

Dick White

Steve Reid

Member

Re: C&C 27mk 5 stemball fitting

Dick:
Glad to be of help. Can't remember the exact arrangement at the top of the mast, it was stepped 2 weeks ago and I didn't really pay that much attention cause everything looked ok. but I recall that my boat had a similar problem, the previous owner made mention of it when I was buying the boat, and he had a link machined out of stainless steel to make up for the difference in length, you might consider doing the same as it could be less expensive than having a new head stay made. You might also consider putting a set of link plates at the bottom of the head stay where it attaches to the chainplate.
By the way where do you sail out of?

Steve Reid Still Knot Working Mk V #75