Had a small 1/2" brass, flat head screw fall onto the deck yesterday during a sail.
Can't find location of origin.
Any thoughts appreciated.
Can't find location of origin.
Any thoughts appreciated.
Small brass screw
- Thread starter TackandJibe
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Did an airplane happen to fly overhead? 
Seems like an odd material for mast-mounted stuff. Do you have a windex or other items mounted on the top of the mast?
Greg
Seems like an odd material for mast-mounted stuff. Do you have a windex or other items mounted on the top of the mast?
Greg
Lol 
.... nothing on top of the mast. I truly am scratching my head as to where it came from.
Apart from de-masting the boat and looking up high there isn't another screw remotely similar on the boat.
And, unless there are another half dozen or more holding something in place I can't see where it has the strength to secure anything important as a stand alone screw.
To test that I just sent my 22 yr old out in 12 - 15 kt. winds on our lake.
Thanks for the reply Greg.
.... nothing on top of the mast. I truly am scratching my head as to where it came from.Apart from de-masting the boat and looking up high there isn't another screw remotely similar on the boat.
And, unless there are another half dozen or more holding something in place I can't see where it has the strength to secure anything important as a stand alone screw.
To test that I just sent my 22 yr old out in 12 - 15 kt. winds on our lake.
Thanks for the reply Greg.
You may be confused, because those pictures seem to show that screw on the floor of your house, not on the deck of your boat.
Keep lookin'...
Keep lookin'...
My son was coming back in from a sail and said it "fell" on the deck next to him.
I asked if maybe he had had it in a pocket.
"Nope"....
I'll take a real close look at everything when I de-rig for winter.
If that brass screw is actually bronze then it could have come from the sail head reinforcing plate.
The good news is you can check that easily when the sail is down.
The good news is you can check that easily when the sail is down.
jssailem
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- Oct 22, 2014
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I might be worthwhile to take a look at everything before you again go out sailing. It is a machine screw thread not a wood screw thread. Likely to a part or connecting a part to something.