Anonymous wrote:

Second hand mast, new boat. Close now. Very. 
Mast conversion done. Ready to pop in. 

Anonymous wrote:

Thanks for the great info Frederik! nice job! Did you complete the conversion?

Jonny,

Frederik is not converting - he is building new!

I'm sure to not be the only one looking forward to him finishing his dream boat. Such a nice design and well-built so far. Just really cool! :-)

Anonymous wrote:

I’ve recently converted a carbon Freedom mast for my build. 

I corresponded with Eric Sponberg on how to go about it and did as he proposed. 

After removing the sail track, I filled all the holes with west system epoxy with 404 filler. 

Then glassed over with two layers of 300 gram fiberglass cloth and faired and painted. 

The r(einforced with ss steel plate) hole in the mast for the jib I plugged with a fiberglass plate pulled snug from the inside a glassed over the whole lot with 4 layers of cloth and faired and painted. That has resulted in a slight “bump” halfway up the mast, but that should be no problem. 

As for the mast head I applied release tape and glassed a slieve of ca 12 mm. Cloth and matt. Removed the slieve, tidied it up and put a fiberglass “hat” on that. Then a put that arrangement on top of the mast.  Voila, a watertight mast  

Halyard blocks and topping lifts hang from a 34 mm ss steel tube going through the mast  as prescribed by Paul Thompson   

I’ve recently converted a carbon Freedom mast for my build. 

I corresponded with Eric Sponberg on how to go about it and did as he proposed. 

After removing the sail track, I filled all the holes with west system epoxy with 404 filler. 

Then glassed over with two layers of 300 gram fiberglass cloth and faired and painted. 

The r(einforced with ss steel plate) hole in the mast for the jib I plugged with a fiberglass plate pulled snug from the inside a glassed over the whole lot with 4 layers of cloth and faired and painted. That has resulted in a slight “bump” halfway up the mast, but that should be no problem. 

As for the mast head I applied release tape and glassed a slieve of ca 12 mm. Cloth and matt. Removed the slieve, tidied it up and put a fiberglass “hat” on that. Then a put that arrangement on top of the mast.  Voila, a watertight mast  

Halyard blocks and topping lifts hang from a 34 mm ss steel tube going through the mast  as prescribed by Paul Thompson   

Thanks!