Yankee 30 Message Board

Posted by Steve Botts on 11/28/2004, 10:51 am, in reply to "Re: Broken Spreader"
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--Previous Message-- : : I am also looking at going with aluminum, and : have heard that you can buy the material at : airplane repair shops. It's called aircraft : strut, but I am wondering how hard it is to : work with, and what it might cost to get it. : I was also looking at welding the old one, : but I'm not sure if the weld would be strong : enough in extreme conditions. Thanks for : your help. : At some point during the production of the Yankee 30 the wooden spreaders were replaced by aluminum ones made by LeFiell Manufacturing in Santa Fe Springs, California. They also made the original masts and booms for Yankee. LeFiell still makes some marine parts, but I think most of their business is related to aircraft.