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[quote=MN3]my 2cents:

sails looks shot to me (all those tiny tears indicate it is way past it's useful live (for me)
you may be able to sail it many more times but old ripped sails are often blown out as well, and using a blown out sail in med to heavy air is not a great thing  - and one capsize away from a human sized tear in the sail - ymmv
PS when i started, i sailed my h16 many times with sails in that condition. i will (now) blame my crappy h16 sail for all the terrible sailing i did and all the time i spent in irons (probably not accurate)

the beam chock (or what ever that part is called) is a critical part and probably deserves a close inspection for cracks - failure at that location could be catastrophic.

Batten ends: I agree with Bill, i would order them from a supplier unless you WANT to play w/ your 3d printer. they are cheap

Boom - hmmmm - i thought sc17's were boomless? the sc's on our beach all are. i am gonna guess you mean the bottom batten? (usually much bigger and robust compared to the others)
IF SO - i would probably order a new batten from Aquarius vs making one with alum. battens are flexable to allow shape - a spar wont be the same even if it does flex some

Lastly - there are no sharks in the atlantic and especially no sharks in the gulf
they are a made up idea - to sell tickets to movies[/quote]

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