What would you do for a mast?

[davil]

This thread start to sound like a Shakespeare play,To Sleeve or not to Sleeve,That is ooooppss!!!!,That was NOT the Question!!!!!
Cheers

[Cherod]

Originally Posted by Jim Cate

Read it again, mate. Nowhere did I say it was a bodge, and yes, I know that many larger masts are sleeved from the factory. His, in fact, may well have been so constructed.

Go pick on someone else.

Jim

sorry,, I did not mean to imply that YOU said that it as a bodge,, that is left to another person , ( the poet )

[Mika1]

...or the sot.

Originally Posted by Cherod

This seems the obvious one to me , not even any need to be short , get a couple of salvaged ones and cobble ( sleeve ) up decent one , might not be possible to get swaging to length but bulldogs will be your friend .

[davil]

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Just crossed my mind

[Lepke]

When I was a commercial fisherman, I would get a permit from the US Forestry Service, find a deep, narrow valley where the trees grow straight, and cut me a mast.

[Cherod]

Originally Posted by Lepke

When I was a commercial fisherman, I would get a permit from the US Forestry Service, find a deep, narrow valley where the trees grow straight, and cut me a mast.

wood is a right pia to weld on ..

[raybobsky]

My life, day late dollar short. I did read most of the replies, I understood that you want a new rig. If you are going to make the crossing to get it wouldn’t it be better to have a repaired mast than none at all? The comments I read about performance without would make me hesitant. Something is better than nothing, even if you are dead sticking under motor.

[svrodeorm]

Some fellow sailor calls out for help
Scores arrive with good advice
Others prefer only to yelp
While finding out nothing will do but a brand new device