[C38] Spartite VS Mast boot

[Max Soto]

Hi,

My boat came with rope three strand rope between the mast, deck and collar.
A sela of silicone is at the top preventing water to come in. I had no
leaks, but just in case I added mast collar seal tape.
Is it ok to have rope and silicone in here??

Max


2008/5/9, Duff, Russ (R.W.) <rduff at visteon.com>:
>
>  Somehow, I don't see how Spartite can make the mast partner any more
> waterproof than a good mast boot.  Am I missing something? I installed a
> good rubber mast boot (appropriately sealed) and have had no leaks. I also
> did not use any shims when the mast was installed. Can this be a problem?
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
> *Russ Duff*
> Catalina 38, Hull #112
> "AVANTURA"
> Lake Erie
> Grosse Ile, Michigan
> RDUFF* **AT* VISTEON* **DOT* COM
>
> AVANTURA *AT *COMCAST *DOT *NET
>
>
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>
> *From:* listserve-bounces at catalina38.org [mailto:
> listserve-bounces at catalina38.org] *On Behalf Of *Steve Smolinske
> *Sent:* Friday, May 09, 2008 3:20 AM
> *To:* hlhowell at pacbell.net; Catalina 38 Listserve
> *Subject:* Re: [C38] Bedding Shrouds and leaks
>
>
>
> I've been told by both the yard and the rigger to be careful with spartite
> both commented to make sure you follow the directions and apply vaseline to
> the inside of the deck ring.  If not they warned that the spartite will
> adhere to both the mast and the ring making it extremely difficult to remove
> the mast in the future.  We just had a new boot put on when the mast got
> stepped, if we get water problems in the future I am going to use the
> spartite.  I like the load deflection characteristics along with all the
> reviews about how well it seals.
>
>
>
> Steve
>
>
>  ------------------------------
>
> *From:* Les
> *Sent:* Thu 5/8/2008 10:24 PM
> *To:* Catalina 38 Listserve
> *Subject:* Re: [C38] Bedding Shrouds and leaks
>
> On Fri, 2008-05-09 at 00:15 -0400, Charles wrote:
>
> > By the way, I highly recommend Spartite.  My mast and collar had taken
>
> > a
>
> > beating over the years with perhaps a too zealous application of mast
>
> > shims.  Spartite solved this problem and I no longer get any water
>
> > coming in the cabin from the mast.  Even better, mast stress on the
>
> > deck
>
> > is evenly distributed which can never happen with shims.
>
>
>
> I'll second that.  We had water on every wet day coming into Jace.  No
>
> delamination or other problems, but the mess on
>
> the cushions at the forward port settee on the dinette were miserable.
>
> Spar-tite fixed it.  And our clay dam is still inplace as well.  We had
>
> it done when the mast was pulled and painted.  We replaced all the
>
> standing rigging at that time as well.
>
>
>
> Someone asked about another location for leaks that caused drops near or
>
> at their chain plates.  On JACE the windows were leaking, and the
>
> stanchions were leaking.  We redid the windows (thank you Catalina
>
> Direct) and rebedded the stanchions with all new hardware.  The leaks
>
> ceased.  Last week at the boat we noticed some new drops.  Checking it
>
> looks like either the toe rail (I'll need help with that), or the tracks
>
> for the fairleads.  That I can do myself, so sometime in the next week
>
> or two, I'll take that off and fix it.
>
>
>
> My current project is to add solar panels.  I have two 65 watt Kyocera
>
> panels which measuer about 30x25.  I am rigging a support across the
>
> center of the dodger (still cloth) which will hold a 1" stainless rail
>
> onto which I will clamp the solar panels.  This will add about 25lbs or
>
> so to the dodger, but should be well within limits.  The wind loading
>
> would not seem to be too great as a 2" stainless pipe stand with 1"
>
> cross bar is one of the options for most solar installations for panels
>
> up to 60" x 24", so mine should present less than 1/4 that in wind
>
> loading because they will be shielded by the dodger and mast.  Time will
>
> tell.
>
>
>
> I like Max's rigid vang, and that may be one of our next purchases.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Les H
>
> JACE
>
>
>
>
>
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-- 
Max Soto
C38 #198 ESTANCIA
Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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