[C320-list] Pelican hook repair / replacement

[Chris Burti]

The same thing happened to me, I bought one that happend to notice and
that looked close off the shelf at a chandler's in Oriental, NC. It
turned out to be a bit different, but it works fine.

On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Scott Thompson <surprise at thompson87.com> wrote:
> One of the Pelican hooks on my lifelines lost the pin and internal spring
> when I tried to replace the split ring last year. I didn't realize it would
> pop apart and that the freed up parts would leap overboard the way they did.
> The look and dimensions of the hook suggests that it is a Hayn brand hook
> (4"). See http://www.hayn.com/marine/replacement/pelican.html. Does anyone
> know for sure? More importantly, does anyone know whether it's possible to
> purchase just the missing parts (pin, internal spring and split ring)
> somewhere?  I see a repair kit for Johnson brand pelican hook on Defender,
> but nothing for Hayn. Does anyone know if the pins and springs are
> interchangeable?
>
> Scott Thompson
> Surprise, #653 (1999)
>



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Chris Burti
Farmville, NC