[C38] Mast Wedges

[Max soto]

Hi Steve ,

So the Spartite is glued only to the mast? The mast collar stays in the same place when pulling the mast out?
Regards,

Max Soto A.
+506-8312-1367
Alajuela, Costa Rica

On Apr 10, 2013, at 6:27 PM, S Orton <ssorton at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Phil,  I think you gave up on the Spartite to soon.  Even though the gap is tight, use rags and a flossing action (one man on deck and one below), you can clean the gap, then with wax paper tight on the mast apply the vaseline to the partner.  Pull out the wax paper.  From below, push modeling clay into the bottom of the partner/mast gap sealing the gap.  Use masking tape on the partner top and mast to make epoxie clean up easy.  Pour in the Spartite  and your done.  The joint is water proof, so you can throw away your mast collar cover.  My Spartite job was done over 5 years ago and three years ago I pulled the mast to put the boat on a truck with no problems and the best part is the Spartite came out whole and it went back in whole.  This joint has absolutely required zero maintenance over the years.
>  Cheers,  Steve O (Santa Susanna- 304) 
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> From: eyriepg at comcast.net
> To: listserve at catalina38.org
> Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 20:22:46 -0700
> Subject: [C38] Mast Wedges
> 
> My wooden mast wedges started falling out and I decided to use Spartite around the partners.  I replaced the mast almost 4 years ago and the LeFiel mast is longer front to back than the old mast and just barely fits into the partners.  I have only 3/16” gap on the front and back sides of the mast.  A friend was going to give me a Spartite kit that he had bought thinking he would need two.  After looking at the narrow space around the mast and wondering how I was going to clean the mast while putting Vaseline around the partners not to mention creating a gasket around the mast, I decided against the Spartite.  The same friend had worked for 2 days cutting his Spartite so he could get the mast out of the boat.
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> I decided to use hard rubber wedges.  I looked for the material on the internet without success, but was able to buy it from our local rigger in a single foot square ¾” thick sheet.  It was easy to cut on a bandsaw and I made 1” and 2” wide wedges of thickness varying from ½” down to 3/16”.  I wasn’t able to drive them into the gap but was able to pull the mast front to back and side to side with a block and tackle attached to the mast just above the partners and press them into place.  The wedges weren’t really wedge shaped after all and looked like an “L” sections with the base inverted so that the wedges wouldn’t slip down between the mast and the partners.  This seems like a good solution to holding the mast in place but I’ll give you an update in a few months.
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> Phil Gay
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> C38 049 Que Linda
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> Everett WA
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