Linnea
This site is about sailing a 36 ft junk rigged boat. And finish it.
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Mast
Posted on June 8th, 2008 9 commentsSo, my mother and I raised the mast today. It is really easy when noone have to run around deck trying to get those wires attatched.
We changed the halyard from three strand to a braided one for less friction between the parts. And also changed to a wooden block, as you can see. And put some new tar on the servings of the grommets and whippings.
Mast top with new wooden block that will hopefully give a better lead9 responses to “Mast”
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Does this mean we will get to see a new sailing video soon?
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Yes!
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Excellent! I look forward to it.
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I can finally see that little kink in your mast in that view from the top. I never could see it in the other pictures. Just don’t let anyone look at your mast from that angle and you will be all right;)
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haha. Well, most people just can’t take their eyes off the large cracks, so never notice the kink.
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Speaking of the cracks, do they leak much water into the boat?
Amos
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Don’t know really. We had some leaking last year. But it stopped when we taped the mast boot, so it might not have been about the cracks. This year I will give it a tighter lashing in the first place.
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I have a NorthSea 34 Pilothouse Motorsailor that had never been rigged. I have considerable bluewater experience in a conventional sloop but I am getting older and lazier and really considering a junk rig. I am considering copying the rig from your boat. Can you give me the dimensions of your mast? Height? Diameter at base and top? And anything further you think I should know. I am comparing buying a log here in British Columbia or the Birdsmouth system of laminating a hollow round mast. Tks for any info.
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Hi David. Sorry, missed this comment until now. I do recommend the book “The Practical Junk rig”. It is not only to add a sail to a hull. The rig must be integrated to the hull, otherwise you might have problems sheeting or get an unbalanced boat. It is not hard to do, if you have the book. Feel free to ask questions, though. I do recommend that you use one mast. /m
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Mast top with new wooden block that will hopefully give a better lead
Stuart Crawford June 9th, 2008 at 01:23