A couple of boats ago, I cast a mast gate in place with epoxy and carbon fiber, it worked very well, better than the aluminum threshold one I made for Paradigm (that's the picture on the DIY site that Frank mentioned), and certainly better than the stainless one that came with the current boat. The current one doesn't fit well enough to keep the slugs aligned, and they keep jamming on the way up. I'm thinking of making another carbon/epoxy one.
On 21 December 2012 12:18, Sam Salter <sam.c.sal...@gmail.com> wrote: > RigRite has a whole bunch of mast gates for the size of boat you are > talking about: > http://www.rigrite.com/Spars/MetalMast_Spars/MetalMast_Mainsail_Gates.html > > The guy I sail with has a Hotfoot 20 (fast) with a mast gate. It works > very well and we forget it's there until the end of season when the sail > comes off. The ones that seem to work successfully are cast, so they don't > bow out in the middle like the home made ones made out of aluminum floor > threshold. It's a proven solution and they've been around for years. > > Alternatively, put the lower 4 or 5 slugs on a jack line and use a > conventional sail stop. Again, a proven solution that's been around even > longer. Not quite as neat a solution, but easier and cheaper. > > sam :-) > C&C 26 Liquorice > Ghost Lake Alberta > > On 2012-12-21, at 10:52 AM, Felicity <felic...@shaw.ca> wrote: > > Yes I noticed the smaller boat size from their website www.mastgates.com The > video made the product look very slick. Mfgr says we'd need two fixed > gates as our C&Cs have double sided longer openings. Can't visualize much > difference to the DIY project (other than cost). Just checking if anyone > has a real-life experience. > Frank > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 2012-12-21, at 8:29 AM, Alan Bergen <alan-at-h...@comcast.net> wrote: > > Frank: > > It looks like the largest boat that it's been used on is a 27' (Ericson > and Pearson). The gate opening on our boats is so large (mine is about > eighteen inches long), that I doubt it would work. Why not check with the > manufacturer, and let us know what you find out. > > Alan Bergen > C&C 35 Mk III Thirsty > Rose City YC > Portland, OR > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > -- Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C&C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC
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