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- Spar vs. mast. Whats the difference? | SailNet Community
The mast of a sailing vessel is a tall spar, or arrangement of spars, erected more or less vertically on the centre-line of a ship or boat Its purposes include carrying sail, spars, and derricks, and giving necessary height to a navigation light, look-out position, signal yard, control position, radio aerial or signal lamp
- repairing cracked mast with welding | SailNet Community
The mast is a proctor, which is 47' and only 6"x4" and has a good deal of flex Even with running backs secured, there is flex to some degree through the entire mast, and especially above the running backs while sailing hard to weather The mast is ~ 1 8" thick, and the plate is a good 1 16 thicker than the mast walls
- Whats the easy way to raise a mast? | SailNet Community
I've got an 18' 1961 Mercury by Numes (#419) wood with fiberglass hull Very tall (26') aluminum mast and with a fixed keel, the boat sits high on the trailer Mast needs to slip down through the shaft and into the base Tried to do this today with a friend and we simply couldn't get the
- Mast wedges - SailNet Community
The mast boot usually leaked and the wedges would groan when the mast moved in a seaway On my C C the wedges fell out and it was a real PITA to pull the boot, install the wedges, put the boot back on and make it waterproof So I gave up and installed Spartite It was fairly simple to install I waited for a very light wind day to do it
- cutting down aluminum masts - SailNet Community
Ive recently took dow some aluminum masts of an old ketch rigged boat to replace my wood ones The main mast is three feet too tall and the spreaders too this makes it easy to figure out how much to cut off The gooseneck can be reriveted easy The problem I have is how to cut a straight cut
- Wire banging inside mast argh! - SailNet Community
2 Wire conduit inside mast has come loose Solution = take mast off of boat and repair conduit attachment There will be pairs of rivets going up the mast One of the rivets in each pair goes into the conduit, and the other one is really just a plug to cover the hole where the tool was used to hold the conduit while it was riveted
- What is a Deck-stepped mast and keel-stepped mast
The mast "step" is the location where the bottom of the mast is secured If this step is on the deck, the weight of the mast is usually supported by a "compression post" or weight bearing pole under the deck and transferring this force to the keel
- Mast Support During Trailering - SailNet Community
The mid position support (made from a 2X6 galvanized steel)uses the mast base pins to hold it in place with a 1" strap wrapped around the mast The aft support telescopes up about 3' for raising lowering the mast Notice the rubber roller on top of it It sits inside the curved aft drain gutter and is pinned to the table support loop for
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