Tabernackle Holding Scews Fail so...? Do this.

[nick23]

Yes, after reading Frank's post I am definitely going to remove the through bolts and just go back to screws.  I guess I can't easily make the change until the mast is down, but for now I can at least remove the nuts and washers inside the cabin.

[Craig Weis]

"as the for stay and jib will not let it fall aft." Well now, as the fwd stay is un pinned or broken apart my mast goes down toward the stern.
In a crisis it can fall backwards as well.
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[mrb]

Read as written "for say and jib will not let mast fall aft."  Who is going to unhook his or her for stay when either shroud lets go.   I think the question here is what is going to happen if a shroud parts.    On my 16 if I have my jib hoisted and was of a mind to release my for stay my mast would still not fall.

[Craig Weis]

mrb. If the mast falls down in any fashion front wise, back wise, side wise the first thing is cut or undue all the rigging and get that sails off. Get the mast on board. And that's after checking for incoming water.
skip.

Why was there a line through here in above post?

A: Take out the bracket-letter S-bracket and use sails, not sail, and...no line...

[mrb]

Skip  On a larger boat I would agree with cutting rigging depending on conditions.  If there is a chance mast is going to hole hull do what is needed to protect boat but reamember if your out of motor range of shore you will want some or all of that mast and or boom and rigging to get home on.  I guess the ideal situation would be to have at least one spare mast and sail set up with related rigging to replace lost equipment.  Kind of like having a spare radio in case one goes down.  Oh heck why not tow a spare sail boat fully equipped as a back up just in case. 

Back to mast dropping on a 16.  The thing is so light in comparison to construction of boat I can't see it doing to much damage if it should fall And it sure isn't to heavy to drag back on board.

I will say having one shroud per side worries me some times.  If I was to ever take the 16 off shore I would add one shroud to a separate chain plate per side. The diameter of wire on mine is a comfort and I would never go with a smaller size. 
The comment concerning mast not falling aft was in referonce to a comment made concerning damage to captain.  If the captain is in the cockpit I cannot imagine mast hitting him if a shroud breaks.  If the jib is not hoisted and fore stay parts then yes mast will pivot back.   Another reason for a set of shrouds set slightly forward of mast.  IMHO  Melvin sailing in Ar

[Craig Weis]

So on a C-P 16 what if a very high crane was to grab the top-O-mast with a clamp and just lifted the fully and properly rigged boat right off the trailer and just hung it........

Q~Do you think the boat would fall?
A~My answer would be, "NO. She'd hang from the mast."
I think any Com-Pac would except ones with the MastTender System.

skip. Of course it wouldn't hang level but that's not the point. I actually think my C-P 19 could be hung from the mast as well.

Sailors, when you finish composing your posts, click on 'Spell Check'.

[Craig Weis]

"Through boltinjill do more damage if the mast is dropped (bent mast). A new mast step is cheap and it can be ordered from Com-Pac"

A bent mast usually can be fixed by finding a big-O-tree with a low crouch. You and a couple of guys can fit her in and push the bend out. A guy I know backed his mast on a trailer into a building and bent the mast and popped a hole inside his P-up truck box. Jewels really felt stupid. But we had the easy fix. Good as new.

You can't pull an aluminum mast apart but you can induce a curve. It's so easy to do with the standing rigging just a little too tight or too loose and she'll bend like a wet noodle. So lay on the vee birth and sight right up that puppy through the forward hatch. Kind of like putting a sight tube inside the breach of a 105 or 155. See where your going. Then lift the spade to less then zero, load an antipersonnel ordnance, and pull the lanyard. We should say a few words about Veteran's day. 11-November-1918.
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