Carl Simmons
07-08-2005, 12:35 AM
A friend of mine salvaged this mast from certain destruction from a boat yard in Ft. Myers, FL. He hauled the mast to Indianapolis and would really like to see it find a good home on someone's wooden boat. The mast was way too nice to have been lost to a landfill in Florida. All he's asking is to re-coup his transporation costs (roughly $300-$400) and assume the cost for getting the mast to them. He'll be happy to take digital photographs to send to anyone who is interested.
BTW, he's going East to Vermont and then Long Island, NY and could help to deliver that far. He'll leave Indpls on the 28th of July.
Here is his description of the mast:
Wooden spar appears to have been made from a single piece of Spruce or perhaps Douglas Fir. The spar is solid (not hollow) and does not appear to be laminated anywhere. Originally varnished and now painted white with traces of varnish underneath. Condition is good with some minor weathering but no rot or raised grain. All fittings are Bronze with the exception of a single #15 Barlow winch and the lower 24” of external sail track, which is Stainless Steel. This is a keel-stepped mast using a 1-1/4” by 5” tang by 2-1/4” deep. The butt fits fore and aft into the keelson. The lower section of the mast is 3-1/2” by 5” rectangular and remains so up to 5’ above the butt. From then on the corners are rounded to achieve an oval (racetrack) shape. There are two sets of shroud hounds and there does not seem to have been any spreaders, diamonds or jumper stays used in the standing rigging. I also have all the standing rigging with bronze turnbuckles at lower ends. Mast is fitted with an external ¾” wide sail track, which is 27’7-1/2” long, the lower 24” added in Stainless Steel.
All the following measurements are upwards from the mast butt.
1) Top of step tang: 2-1/2”
2) Lower line of putty (inside of cabin?): 48”
3) Upper line of putty (outside of cabin?): 4’ 9”
4) End of mast rectangular section: 5’
5) Gooseneck: 6’ 5-1/2”
6) Lower end of sail track : 6’ 10-1/2”
7) Lower set of shroud hounds: 28’ 8-3/4” Mast circumference is 1’ 2-1/2” at this point.
8) Upper set of shroud hounds: 34’ 2” Mast circumference is 11” at this point.
9) Upper end of sail track: 34’ 5-1/2”
10) Main sheave axle: 34’ 11”
11) Top of mast: 35’ 7-1/2”
Contact: Michael Connolly, 706 East 81st. Street, Indianapolis, IN 46240, Tele: 317-253-7351 or crufone@sbcglobal.net
BTW, he's going East to Vermont and then Long Island, NY and could help to deliver that far. He'll leave Indpls on the 28th of July.
Here is his description of the mast:
Wooden spar appears to have been made from a single piece of Spruce or perhaps Douglas Fir. The spar is solid (not hollow) and does not appear to be laminated anywhere. Originally varnished and now painted white with traces of varnish underneath. Condition is good with some minor weathering but no rot or raised grain. All fittings are Bronze with the exception of a single #15 Barlow winch and the lower 24” of external sail track, which is Stainless Steel. This is a keel-stepped mast using a 1-1/4” by 5” tang by 2-1/4” deep. The butt fits fore and aft into the keelson. The lower section of the mast is 3-1/2” by 5” rectangular and remains so up to 5’ above the butt. From then on the corners are rounded to achieve an oval (racetrack) shape. There are two sets of shroud hounds and there does not seem to have been any spreaders, diamonds or jumper stays used in the standing rigging. I also have all the standing rigging with bronze turnbuckles at lower ends. Mast is fitted with an external ¾” wide sail track, which is 27’7-1/2” long, the lower 24” added in Stainless Steel.
All the following measurements are upwards from the mast butt.
1) Top of step tang: 2-1/2”
2) Lower line of putty (inside of cabin?): 48”
3) Upper line of putty (outside of cabin?): 4’ 9”
4) End of mast rectangular section: 5’
5) Gooseneck: 6’ 5-1/2”
6) Lower end of sail track : 6’ 10-1/2”
7) Lower set of shroud hounds: 28’ 8-3/4” Mast circumference is 1’ 2-1/2” at this point.
8) Upper set of shroud hounds: 34’ 2” Mast circumference is 11” at this point.
9) Upper end of sail track: 34’ 5-1/2”
10) Main sheave axle: 34’ 11”
11) Top of mast: 35’ 7-1/2”
Contact: Michael Connolly, 706 East 81st. Street, Indianapolis, IN 46240, Tele: 317-253-7351 or crufone@sbcglobal.net