gree2056 wrote:
This might sound kinda redneck but there are lots of other things to use intstead of the teflon chip. I have used 1/2 a plastic golf ball, butter lid, piece of leather. They all worked great.... the leather actually was my favorite just because it was a little thicker and damped everything so it didn't clang around as much.
My boat did not come with a chip and looks like for years did not have one. I cut one out of some .060" polyethelyene. It is smashed in there does not come out and the mast pivots real nice now.