Tower leg broke

[Chrisrog]

Anyone had a tower leg crack like this? This is the fore, port side leg on a 2002 SAN. Metal fatigue? Manufacturing fault? Marina forklift driver hit the building? I don’t see any evidence of the latter.

[Chrisrog]

Can this part be purchased anywhere or does the entire tower have to be replaced?

[Stevemo14]

That part cannot be just purchased. Your best bet is to take and and have it welded. If you don't like that option you are going to have to get a new tower from New Dimensions

I had a similar problem with my 05, so I decided to upgrade the the Aviator Pro tower.

[a.klos]

Did you have it fixed? Did you have to remove tower leg in order to get it welded?

[Chrisrog]

It’s at the shop now. They have to remove the leg from the boat to weld it. I don’t know if they took the top part of the tower off first, but I hope so.