The mast of a sailing vessel is a tall spar, or arrangement of spars, erected more or less vertically on the centre-line of a ship or boat. Its purposes include carrying sail, spars, and derricks, and giving necessary height to a navigation light, look-out position, signal yard, control position, radio aerial or signal lamp.
I've got an 18' 1961 Mercury by Numes (#419) wood with fiberglass hull. Very tall (26') aluminum mast and with a fixed keel, the boat sits high on the trailer. Mast needs to slip down through the shaft and into the base. Tried to do this today with a friend and we simply couldn't get the...
I had the yard pull my mast last season. The charge was $6.50/foot to "Step/Unstep Mast." Storage was extra. My thought was that it was $6.50 for BOTH stepping and unstepping. Today I received another bill for $6.50/foot for "Step/Unstep Mast" presumably for the cost when she was...
The mast will come down on that, resting at a point that is behind the center of gravity. On my mast support I put a rubber roller, like those used on boat trailers, on the frame at the point where the mast would come down on it. Once the mast was on it, I would disconnect the hinge at the base of the mast and walk it forward.
- Cut the mast and have a qualified welder weld an extension to replace the section of the mast that has been cut away. That option requires locating a piece of the same mast extrusion or else forming and welding aluminum plate to align with the structural portions of the mast.