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Old 17 May 2009, 17:11   #1
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Elephant Trunks

Where can you buy an elephant trunk, I need one for a club Humber rib, its about 4mtr in length.

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Old 17 May 2009, 17:13   #2
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Where can you buy an elephant trunk, I need one for a club Humber rib, its about 4mtr in length.

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Here. http://www.eurocraft.com/
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Old 17 May 2009, 18:18   #3
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Ribshop do em, henshawa do, Paul Tilley might? You could give Humber a ring?
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Hi Rad

Ours are here:

http://www.rib-shop.com/prodtype.asp...earchCriteria=
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If you get the ones from ribshop use a 70mm holecutter as I found 68mm was a tad snug once I'd sealed the transom with resin. On the plus side it won't come out!
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I used the rib shop ones and used a 70 mm hole cutter with great sucess, Get a Jamb cleat as well TSM
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