Thanks Gary. You might want to just bite the bullet and do the replacement job I'm in the middle of. If I can do it, you can do it. I'll do a full write-up somewhere when I'm done. I've taken a ton of pictures. Now signing off to go epoxy my new GPO-3 supports into Grenadine's bilge, after a lot of very dusty jigsaw-cutting and belt sander refining last night and this morning.
Cheers, Randy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Nylander via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> To: "cnc-list" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: "Gary Nylander" <gnylan...@atlanticbb.net> Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2017 12:46:53 PM Subject: Re: Stus-List Mast Step Pitch & Helm Balance Randy and Lee…. The tree stump that C&C designed for the 30-1 is super stiff. Pre bend is pretty much fiction. I have a 4 to 1 backstay adjuster on my split backstay and the only thing it does when I haul on it as hard as possible is stiffen the forestay. Randy, you should go with your plan and center the mast and then see how the boat sails, then adjust the foot accordingly. By the way, start by making sure the mast is centered in the boat from side to side. After being confused by the measurements and tensions on mine, I discovered the chainplates were one inch off, the starboard one being one inch closer to the rail than the port. Verified by measuring the inside of the boat as well. A few new holes in the mounting and a longer slot in the deck cured a number of issues. I have three mast supports which were all soggy, the aft two much more than the forward one. They were made up of two pieces of ¾ plywood screwed together and fiberglassed, but the glass doesn’t cover the bottom, where the water just soaks up into the wood. A lot of G-Flex drilled down into the supports and some supporting boards has helped, but I am starting to think about a gallon of Epoxy down there. Gary #593
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