[C38] Old boat blues - spreaders

[Ray Torok]

Hi Max,

I never did find out who made the mast.  I took the spreaders to a boatyard
that has a metal shop.  They cut off the outboard ends and welded new ones
on, so I'm back in business. I tensioned the rig in a manner very similar
to what Steve described and then went sailing.  With the boat heeled at
15-20 degrees, the intermediates went a bit slack, so I tightened them a
few turns, but everything looks pretty good. The mast stayed in column
side-to-side, and had some fore and aft bend, with a fair curve.  Next step
is to figure out how the pressure gage reading on the hydraulic backstay
adjuster correlates to the load on the backstay, so I can tell if I'm
overloading the headstay.

Regards,

Ray




On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 9:10 AM, Max soto <maxsoto at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Ray, did you round out what was you're mast's brand?? I was leaning to
> Kenyon. Where you yard ale to replace them?
>
> Regards,
>
> Max Soto A.
> +506-8312-1367
> Alajuela, Costa Rica
>
> On Jun 9, 2013, at 9:49 PM, Ray Torok <torok13731 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Dear C38 Gurus,
> >
> > It looks like I'm in the market for a set of spreaders(see photos).  The
> corrosion at the tips is pretty severe.  On the mast it appears to be
> superficial.   The question is, who can provide spreaders that will pop
> right into the existing brackets?
> >
> > Thanks much,
> >
> > Ray Torok
> > "Thira"  hull #37 (1979)
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