New mast is up on repaired mast step.

[Mattlikesbikes]

I finally was able to get some work done on the boat this weekend.

A member of the sail club repaired my mast step for me last fall. He ended up cutting the top off and removing all the soft wood.
He left any wood that was good and used layers of fiberglass to rebuild the step.

Yesterday we moved all the riging off of my old bent mast to the used but pretty much free mast I picked up in Saycrues last year.  
Stepped it and adjusted all the turnbuckles. Everything seems to fit perfect. I was going to leave the mast stepped untill I launched but
I was doing so work on the boat today and it was extra shacky with the mast up on the trailer. I will proably take it down next week.

I was able to check off 2 things on my list about 100 more to go.







Before Pic

[Bob23]

Great job. I did a similar modification to the mast foot on my 23. Never did like the idea of just a stainless steel shoe directly on fiberglass. I made a pad of Azek, down with adhesive caulk and ss wood screws. That oughta keep that water out!
Glad you only have 98 things to go...I've many more!
Bob23

[MacGyver]

Great job, looks very well done

Mac

[skip1930]

Looks super.
Is the mast sitting on four finishing washers that the four fasteners sit down into?
I see the old fasteners before all the work was done just siting there without finishing washers around them.

I put one fender washer between the mast and inside of the tabernacle and another set of fender washers on the out side of the tabernacle under the bolt head and thumb screw. Just to spread the load out.

Each turnbuckle ought to have their own pin through the chain plates as each angle for each shroud is different.

Need to jack the back of the hull bunks up to the curve of the hull.

Picky, picky, picky ... skip.

[Mattlikesbikes]

Thanks guys.   The repair is well done but if in person there are a few little voids in the top layer of fiberglass.  The gentlemen who did the work does not do gel coat so he just painted it. It is also more of a hobby for him. I will probably fill in the voids over the summer.   

Skip the mast is not sitting on any washers.  The base of the mast fits between all the screws and makes full contact with the tabernacle. The old mast (bottom picture) actually touched the screws and there are 4 indents on it. The Mast I have now I believe is off of a 86-87 CP19. I wonder if there is some variation in the mast widths

I pretty sure my trailer bunks are set up correctly. I cannot find the link at the moment but there was a discussion on another site awhile back where the person contacted Hutchins and they said the rear should flatten out. Also it would be impossible to raise the rear . Those posts are shorter than the others.

When I find the link I will post it

[skip1930]

" The old mast (bottom picture) actually touched the screws and there are 4 indents on it. The Mast I have now I believe is off of a 86-87 CP19. I wonder if there is some variation in the mast widths "

Interesting. This is exactly what and how my mast sits. It sits above the tabernacle on the finishing washers and the mast does not sit on the screw heads at all. Yes my mast has 4 indents as does your old mast caused and the dents are caused from the finishing washers.

Good point. I have no idea if the width of the mast changed or the tabernacle [which I'm pretty sure is farmed out to some tin knocker job shop] has changed.

O.K. my hull bunks follow the hull curve on my trailer [which is the model with the extended tongue] and there is still about 3 inches of square steel tube hanging down below the socket. In fact, if I jack-up all six tubes the keel can be lifted up off the keel bunk [rollers].

In your picture, look at how much tube hangs below the sockets on the front 4 tubes. You could switch them around if you wanted to.  

In this case the boat floats off the trailer, not slides off.

Side Bar: When I worked for Sand Ponder's Inc. while in high school making Dune Buggy bodies, [first body was mine. And here it is]the waxed mold was shot with gel coat. Color metal Flake. Black resign to stop the day light from showing through the body's color. And then the 'body thickness' was built-up and rolled in from the resign impregnated chop gun. Chop is not nearly as strong as glass cloth.

skip.

[Mattlikesbikes]

Skip I am mistaken about the tabernacle.  I checked again when I got home from work and the front of the mast does rest on the screws.

[Bob23]

I ground out little concave shapes in the bottom of my mast with a Dremel so the mast would sit square on the foot.
Bob23

[skip1930]

" ... the mast does rest on the screws. "

Yep. As said. My mast sits on four finishing washers, and I have the dents in the bottom of the mast.
No big deal. The tabernacle has very little to do with supporting the mast. That's the shroud's job.
I'm thinking the most important job of the tabernacle is to anchor the mast when walking it up into a vertical position.

skip.

[Elk River]

I have just purchased a 19II, hull #351.  The previous owner had the yard do the mast for him as it was stored there (no trailer).  Is the mast simply lowered by disconnecting the forestay and walking the mast back to rest on the stern pulpit?  Do the stays remain connected?

    Thanks,

     Elk River

[Mattlikesbikes]

That is pretty much it. I usually have a friend hold on to a halyard and lower it as I walk the mast back . After it is lowered I support it on the bow pulpit and uses a support in the cockpit ( I do not have a stern rail)