[quote=MN3][quote=klozhald][quote=911hobie]With care, good flushing, baring any serious accidents they will last for years.[/quote]
...if not decades.[/quote]
All depends on your amount of use and amount of cleaning and handling
Even with the best care, the mechanism that "grips" will wear out over time
I sail with a guy who sails about as much as me if not more (over 100days a year). He has taken his carbon fiber hotstick apart, added epoxy to the part that wears, and then scribes groves back into the area. he has had the stick for over a decade now[/quote]
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