I have a very similar mast on my boat. I have issues with main halyard getting friction at the masthead sheave due to topping lift attachment. Its making mast hard to hoist. You can see the hole for it in your first pic. I am thinking about getting rid of topping lift or relocating for this reason.
Your lowers are a mummy. Why would anyone ever tape them like that? The less you tape the less stagnant water gets trapped in there to corrode stainless or oxidize aluminum. Water will find a way in, once you tape it, you just trap it. What I found to work good, is squirt generous amounts of silicone on the cotter pin to cover sharp edges. Other than that, I try not to tape anything. Not any more for the reasons youll find once you take that mummy apart. Petar Horvatic Sundowner 76 C&C 38MkII Newport, RI From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Burt Stratton via CnC-List Sent: Monday, January 12, 2015 12:57 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Stus-List Pics of my mast head and spreaders I had committed a couple weeks ago to take some pics of my halyard sheaves among other things for another lister. I posted some that might be helpful. There are also pics of my spreaders. My lowers seem to be in need of repair or replacement. I obviously need to clean off the protective tape and expose the ends / turnbuckles, etc. but there seems to be a fair amount of corrosion, even cracking. When the weather improves a bit I will head back down to get a better look. I would consider it a huge favor for someone with some experience in the review of rigging to take a look and comment. I hope these links work. It was a little more work than it should seem to be to get these on Google Drive. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1jlbdmQzvxLRXhXbUE3eUo4X0U/view?usp=sharin g https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1jlbdmQzvxLaXQyTExEbEJybzg/view?usp=sharin g https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1jlbdmQzvxLc3NHS0hIY2syXzA/view?usp=sharin g https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1jlbdmQzvxLUWhvUmVxZUJrTEk/view?usp=sharin g https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1jlbdmQzvxLTGpsdXJrUm52LXM/view?usp=sharin g https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1jlbdmQzvxLLTgzOTY0TDhUOE0/view?usp=sharin g https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1jlbdmQzvxLT0tyMmFIQXl6eWc/view?usp=sharin g https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1jlbdmQzvxLSnMtUlBIem9NWm8/view?usp=sharin g https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1jlbdmQzvxLZ21uY05EWVJraDQ/view?usp=sharin g Skip 1974 C&C 33 ¾ tonner On the hard in walpole Mast in Portsmouth, RI bstrat...@falconnect.com
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