BobFilipczak wrote:
Shiver me timbers, but I'm going to be in the position this fall of
building a mast for the new (old) sailboat I've acquired for next-to-
nothing. The boat is sound, but the mast is glued together and
threatening to come apart in many places. The boat is an old 1968 C
scow from Johnson Boat works in White Bear Lake, MN. The mast is about
22', and from what I can see, it's a kind of torsion box design with
lots of hardware holding it together. The box probably makes up 3/4 of
the total mast, and the last 5 feet are probably solid wood as it
tapers to the end.

Any reason I can't duplicate it with new lumber, put the hardware in
the exact same spots and be confident that it will hold together for
10 years?

None at all but don't count on the hardware to hold it together, do a *good*
glue job, Resorcinol or epoxy. Hollow masts are common and 22' isn't very
big. Never built a hollow one myself, always solid (some laminated but
solid). Here's a starting point...
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

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