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Building a mast
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? Anyone on this list ever done this? [For what it's worth, I also plan a pilgrimmage to the boat maker to quiz anyone I can find there with some history and woodworking sense]. |
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