Thank you Malcolm. I love the mast on a trailer photo. That's been one of my worries. Even getting from the house down to the quay, which is a very steep hill, will be an achievement. From Wales to Cornwall might be too much. Any issues with the strength? Do you mind me asking how much you paid. Thanks.

Just WOW! Thank you. So much expertise, I will enjoy my reading.

Thank you Kevin. I hope I didn't sound dismissive, they look like a good company.

Haha! Good old A.I. Seems to be everywhere, no surprise that it pointed the way to JRA! I have to say, I'm in a few forums, old VWs, 3D printing etc. and nowhere have I found so many very knowledgable and very helpful people.

I'm sort of coming to the decision that making an 8 stave, birds mouth wooden mast might be my best option, if I can source some good timber.

I'm sure there must be some people here who have done it, do you know of any?

Hi Kevin,

Thank you, that's interesting. The price is a little eye watering unfortunately. My budget is about £3K for the entire project, including sail!

Over a year ago we saw an ad for (French based) makers of wooden masts and contacted them - the correspondence is below.  We know nothing else about them but maybe others do?  In any case, putting it out there in case of use to someone

Dear Kevin

Thanks for this opportunity. 

We are wooden masts makers and we can build every design you need. 

Actually our brand are shipping masts to many different countries. We have facilities in logistics solutions. 

I can not give you a catalog or products price list. Because we have only custom project. 

We can provide a rough estimate easily if you have base diameter and length.

For example,  a 10m douglas fir lamellae mast,  180-100cm tapered. Turned and sanded. Cost around 3200€ exc VAT and delivery. 

Do you have any projects for now?

Samuel Zambaldi Www.Woodspars.comContact@woodspars.com

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Prénom: Kevin
Nom: Cardiff
Ville: Dublin
Téléphone: 0877971243
Email: chair@junkrigassociation.org
Message: Hi
I am chair of the junk rig association.  Many of our members convert boats to junk rig or even build their own boats and the availability of masts,
Yards and the sturdy battens we use is often an issue.   Can you give me a description of your range of services and costs?  For your information, a junk rig boat typically has a tapered free standing keel stepped mast in aluminium or wood or composite

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