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Old 05-12-2008
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I had a good experience with Offshore Spars in Michigan. They were the OEM of the mast and spreaders for my S2.

When I needed to have a spreader tip repaired, i checked with a rigger in Essex, CT - cost $250 to redrill existing tip with bigger screws (saying this is a ripoff is too kind). Guy told me "...it would be much higher if I needed to install a new tip..."

Offshore charged me $85+ shipping to install new tip, sand and awlgrip paint the spreader - it looks like new.


Local machine shops are good sources for stainless parts - i had 4 custom made stainless backing plates made for my keel nuts. The aforementioned rigger in CT was going to charge me - guess what - $250! What a coincidence. Local machine shop did mine for $100.

Rick
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