looks abit like a chinook pin system that might work

You could always use a drill to carefully bore out a larger hole in the boom and extendable arm so that you could use the chinook pin????

I have a North boom, with teh part you need, BUT, it is still in one piece and works, except for some tatty grip, whihc I am keeping for a back-up.
I replaced it cos it's old.
I'm thinking you could go to a lot of trouble fixing your old boom, but the pics shw a lot of corrosion, and brittle plastic, and I'm thinking it's past it's reliability date.

replace the full end, have said that looking at the corrosion, it maybe time for a new boom trust me if the end is like that the days will be limited sorry about the bad news

yes the pin is corroded but the boom is full carbon so I don't think that a problem if I can find a new pin and a new plastic locker.

DAM71 said...

Hey julian,

Have you tried simon yet? He is the local north dealer and has hundreds of bits and bobs.

Yep, he didn't have any spare one that old. We tried a few, but none were fiting.

hydrodynamix has something similar listed on their website for $10, they don't say what diameter boom its for but say it suits other brands of boom. I think its the type that twists open, black in colour
cheers

Thanks KenHo and fitz66 for telling that you had the bit I need
By the way, I tried Sunshine coast sailboards and they contacted North for me. They're answer was that this pin licker is no longer available

At Mk seven, I don't know the inside diameter but it's looks like pretty standard. I'll check this out and let you know. That's would be fantastic if you had one!
ANd who's al green?

Hi there I have 2 Gun boom fittings that you are welcome to they are 30 mm on the boom end and 26 mm on the extension end,just let me know and I can chuck them in the post.

ITSON said...

what boom is it?

That's a freestyle northsail boom. I don't know exactly wich year, probably 2004 or 2005...

At NBR, that would be awesome if you could send me this part. I PM soon
Can you just check the pin's size first, I need the small one like on the pics below

Northsail pin on the left and chinook pin on the right