Anonymous wrote:
When I acquired the Atlanta 8.5 just before lockdown, I thought I was buying a blank canvas, after all, she has never been dipped or even rigged. But I do have a decent-looking Proctor mast, which from the drawings looks like a cut-down Moody 333 mast. There is a galvanised steel tabernacle too, and an unused set of shrouds. So I wondered, why not, having decided on the new location for the mast, extend the tabernacle down to the fore cabin sole by means of a steel post?
This raises other questions, particularly, is the mast strong enough to reuse it a) with shrouds, b) unstayed? How could I tell?
hi Chris
I agree with the rest of te comments. Your mast and tabernacle are not suitable AT ALL, to rig a modern junk....unless you go stayed as some old traditional and very localized chinese rigs, for special purposes, were designed. Even that, the spreaders are goin to be on your way. My rec. , forget about it, try to sell it and get a reliable mast.
Also, from a tabernacle point of design, it is considred that the burry and therefore the alternative tabernacle should be ABOUT, 1/10 of the mast legth, and never less than about 100cm....all of that to be taken with a grain of salt and depending in many considerations.
good luck