Can A Broken Mast Be Repaired
- Oct viii, 2019
- iii
- #i
Howdy.
I am fairly experienced small gunkhole crewman looking to buy a used Sonar sailboat. I recently came beyond a Sonar for a decent price, the only problem is that the mast had been snapped at the deck (a mooring field accident!) The mast was repaired with a replacement section placed within the mast at the break point every bit a reinforcement with the the 2 original pieces (tiptop & lesser) riveted together. Any thoughts?? Assuming a quality repair, does anyone take experince with this type of repair?
I am fairly experienced small gunkhole crewman looking to buy a used Sonar sailboat. I recently came beyond a Sonar for a decent price, the only problem is that the mast had been snapped at the deck (a mooring field accident!) The mast was repaired with a replacement section placed within the mast at the break point every bit a reinforcement with the the 2 original pieces (tiptop & lesser) riveted together. Any thoughts?? Assuming a quality repair, does anyone take experince with this type of repair?
Thank you, Richard
- Jun 14, 2010
- 1,732
- #2
If the sleeve is a good fit (and of proper thickness) your repaired section is equally strong or stronger than the original. Information technology is a bit stiffer, but non an issue. Go sailing.
Edit: Many new masts are shipped in sections and assembled similar this at destination. Its standard in the industry.
Edit: Many new masts are shipped in sections and assembled similar this at destination. Its standard in the industry.
- Oct viii, 2019
- 3
- #3
Thank yous Capt. Larry,
I was told that the sleeve is a piece of a mast, from the aforementioned model, unlike boat. Thanks for the input.
I was told that the sleeve is a piece of a mast, from the aforementioned model, unlike boat. Thanks for the input.
Peace.
- Jan eleven, 2014
- 8,075
- #4
Placing a sleeve inside a cleaved mast to repair it is a common practice. I'm curious about how they did this. Is the mast tapered? If information technology is non tapered then the ID of the mast would exist smaller than the OD and the sleeve would not fit inside. Besides how long is the sleeve? You should be able to tell by looking at the rivets.Thank you Capt. Larry,
I was told that the sleeve is a piece of a mast, from the same model, dissimilar boat. Thanks for the input.Peace.
- May 24, 2004
- 6,879
- #5
Such repair is standard exercise, but there are repairs and at that place are repairs. Pull strongly on the shrouds and run across if there is whatever play at the joint, there should not be whatever. What they ordinarily do is cut a department from another mast and and then cut vertically a strip where the gate is leaving the section in the shape of "U" for which the sides can be compressed to fit inside the broken mast.
Source: https://forums.sailboatowners.com/threads/mast-repair.198862/
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