Tyler- Kurt retired at least 20 years ago and I haven't had any contact for years. A good guy and a very smart engineer, as you would expect for a German. Wish someone was making the pintles; we'd consider using them on the upcoming Sage 15. They worked great and yours is the first one I've heard of that failed. I'm glad that RudderCraft is making something similar. See you at Lake Pleasant. Jerry -----Original Message----- From: Tyler Backman Sent: Friday, January 09, 2015 10:57 AM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: cracked pintle I got ahold of RudderCraft in Idaho and they are sending me a pintle that matches the dimensions exactly, but with a cotter pin instead of the factory locking notch. See you guys next week! Tyler On Jan 9, 2015, at 10:19 AM, Tyler Backman wrote:
Any suggestions for fixing this cracked Pintle on my M15? I'm hoping to meet you guys in person for the first time at the Wrinkleboat Ran-Tan but can't unless I fix this. I'm in the Sacramento area. I e-mailed some TIG welders on Craigslist and nobody will reply to me- I guess they don't want the work or can't do this sort of thing. I found the patent for Kurt Pfahl who invented this type of locking pintle in 1977 but can't find any record of if he's still alive or still making them new.
Tyler Davis, CA M15 #157 "Defiant" <pintle.jpg>
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