Was happily sailing along yesterday when all of a sudden the plastic pins on the snap collar of my chinook 48cm RDM extension sheared off effectively making my 30cm extension slide all the way up into the mast (thought I'd initially snapped the extension). I do sail in open ocean so the forces on extension probably greater than normal. Definitely not brand bashing here as I use a lot of peripheral chinook gear (deck plates, unis, extensions) and have found then to be the best around. Just wondering if this has happened to anyone else using these newer snap collars to their Chinook extensions.




Snap collar and one of the sheared pins


Video of the snap collar FYI