Kirby 30

kmn · #1 (**permalink**) 03-24-2001

Hi, I am in desperate need of a strut for a 1980 or so Kirby 30. Strut was taken off to be repaired and lost by shop....so now the owners are calling and have sold the boat..thanks

francist · #2 (**permalink**) 07-01-2007

Re your replacement strut, most replacement struts today (including the one on my Kirby 30 hull #8) are fabricated as a stainless weldment where the original was a bronze casting. There are one or two on the internet who make them. usually welding a piece of pipe (into which the cutlass bearing is driven) onto a solid SS riser. The riser is suitably ground teardrop beforehand. Good luck........ Francis Tibbetts

Freesail99 · #3 (**permalink**) 07-01-2007

This post is over 6 years old, I'm sure he found it by now.

sailingdog · #4 (**permalink**) 07-01-2007

Any reason you're raising dead threads??? This is the second of Kirby 30 thread that you've revived from the dead...

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Originally Posted by francist

Re your replacement strut, most replacement struts today (including the one on my Kirby 30 hull #8) are fabricated as a stainless weldment where the original was a bronze casting. There are one or two on the internet who make them. usually welding a piece of pipe (into which the cutlass bearing is driven) onto a solid SS riser. The riser is suitably ground teardrop beforehand. Good luck........ Francis Tibbetts