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Bookmark or Share- Spar vs. mast. What's the difference? | SailNet CommunityThe 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.[1]
- Mast wedges - SailNet CommunityThe 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.
- Freedom 21 tabernacle mast hinge retrofit | SailNet CommunityFreedom made a retrofit, or at least designed it. A simplified explanation is the mast is cut into two parts. The retrofit involves two aluminum tubes, one epoxied into the lower half., the other tube epoxied into the upper part of the mast. When stepping the mast, the upper tube telescopes into the lower section and is still un-stayed.
- Self tapping screws in the mast. | SailNet CommunityThe mast is probably 1/8" thick, which is typical. There are no backing plates. SD - the OP asked about putting steps up a mast. If a mast is so thin that machine screws would pull out, wouldn't you be concerned about the mast dimpling around each step if an adult climbed the mast? Those dimples would really weaken an already fragile mast ...
- Proper way to wedge mast at deck penitration - SailNet CommunityAfter the mast is in the boat, rig a line from the mast up to a snatch block held in the stemhead. Lead the line either to a halyard winch or a cockpit winch and pull the mast as far ahead in the partners as possible. Insert the thick piece of rubber provided, centered in the aft portion of the space between the partners and the mast.
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