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I was talking to another J22 buddy and he was saying some of the guys in the South have started replacing the C Teak channels that are plastic I assume with something more durable like aluminum.

 

Have any of you done this yet and do you have any advice?

 

Mike Earl

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Mike the aluminum ones can get bent and become dangerous in rough seas. I know it happened to me, somehow we snapped it with the spinnaker on hoist and it bent up, snapped off and left a sharp jagged edge sticking up from the hatch area about 5 inches in length. It was rough and we ended up trying to bend it back to no avail and taped the shit out of it. Next weekend i replaced it with the plastic ones which will just snap off in that case.

 

Chris

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