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Need a source in SF Bay Area for a large wooden mast...

  • 17 May 2015 22:00
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    Reply # 3346520 on 3286987
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    I was also planning to make wooden masts for my conversion, but the cost and availability of good spar timber made me consider other options. I decided to take a chance on light poles from Whatley 

    http://www.whatley.com/whatley/whatley/products/poles

    and although they are still untested I'm quite sure they'll be more than strong enough. There are pictures of them in my member picture album. They cost less than the materials would have cost me to make them out of Douglas fir.
  • 13 May 2015 06:46
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    Reply # 3341546 on 3286987
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    Hi Justin,

    My last boat was a Westsail 32 … in The Bay Area as well , that I was planning to convert to a single masted junk using Arne's plan.

    I searched high and low on the West Coast for an affordable way to make , or purchase a wooden mast . I looked for wrecked boats , telephone poles and even researched cutting down my own tree!!! …In the end I decided I would use a tapered Aluminum Flagpole. The cost for the size I needed (I forget the exact specs) was approximately $4500. …just for the pole.

    One place you could TRY … is The Napa Marina. They had  a few old wood masts that they were selling. And, if I remember correctly (about a year and a half ago) they had one that was very close in size to what would be needed for a Westsail 32. It was an old solid wood mast…and it was MASSIVE.

    In the end , and before converting , I decided that for me ….The Westsail 32 was too big.

    She is still one of my favorite boats …and I would love to see her junk rigged! Good luck.

    I may have some notes and plans lying around. Feel free to message or email me if you have any questions. 

    Jonny

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  • 13 May 2015 05:49
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    It is interesting to see a junk rig sail plan for a Westsail 32 with only one mast.  Reviewing Arne's plan with a sail of 752 square feet was most interesting. That said what would the mast scantlings be for an aluminum mast for such a rig?

    Thanks.

    Henry
  • 14 Apr 2015 01:59
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    Reply # 3297413 on 3286987
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    Hey Justin - I am actually testing to do what Brian is recommending...  and am in the Bay AArea.   But that aside, I was wondering how you cane up with the dimensions for your mast and if it its suppose to be hollow our solid.  

    Welcome to JA,


    Erik
  • 12 Apr 2015 10:44
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    Hi Justin. Have you considered junk-rigging a Freedom? My wife and I bought a Freedom 39 Pilothouse Schooner, and junk-rigged that. Works fine and the masts are there and in the right places, as is the deck hardware, mostly. Others have converted Freedom 35s and 30s. Why put all that effort into mast-making when you could be afloat faster?
  • 08 Apr 2015 13:04
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    Our fist choice is to junk rig our Westsail 32. That said, we have neither the facilities nor the tools to undertake the building of a 47 foot mast.

    I'm looking to get a couple of rough quotes on sourcing the production of the mast. We are in the Saremento Delta area of California and if anyone could recommend someone that does quality work, that would be great.

    Also, I am exploring the option of renting out space to do this work myself. Assuming the mast was approximately 13.5" at the keel and 10.5" at the top, do any of you have a reasonable estimate as to the time it would take one of average to low average skill to complete the building of such a thing? Any cost estimates would also rock.

    Thank you,

    Justin
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