Dave wrote:
"Brian Whatcott" wrote in message
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My sons bought me a SouthCoast 22 hull at a bargain.
Sails yes - boom and mast no.
The mast is supposed to be 23 ft. the mast 9 ft.
So I started looking - but they seem to run $500 on up -
and this is a shoestring project
(Yes, I know you've heard it all before about shoestrings....)
So the closest value I have seen is a 19 ft mast with an 8ft 6 in
boom.
I keep telling myself I can bill it as my heavy weather special.


Thoughts?

Brian Whatcott Altus OK



I have a SouthCoast 22 I sailed for a couple of seasons in Puget Sound. It
is currently sitting on blocks at my parents place. The centerboard cable
broke and swing keel fell damaging the centerboard box. I have not touched
it for years. I have since moved on to much larger and more troublesome
vessels.

The mast you mention is way too small unless you plan to rig the boat as a
ketch which I contemplated at great length while I was sailing mine. In
light air the boat is a bit of a dog and makes a lot of leeway but I only
had the working jib. If you have the jenny she should perform reasonably
well. However, when the wind kicks up that little foredeck is a treacherous
place to be swapping jibs which is why I considered re-rigging with a split
rig. As a sloop with a 19ft mast she will need 20 knots of wind or a motor
if you plan to leave the dock.



Dave



I did the same to my SC22 It was a few days work to grind out the
hurt parts and rebuild in all glass. Was fine. Use a mask with an
external air hose, even a kid's schnorkel with a mouth dump valve
Y'd in the hose. A flap of tape will make an exhalation valve close
to your head, or you can learn to exhale through your nose.

I used a jib pull down line to make the jib change into a doddle,
but I had to install perforated toe railing before I would send
anyone up there any time. 80 bucks for the toe rail, I think. Metal
Masters, Toronto. A wooden bulwark would also be a good plan, and
prettier.

For a 24 foot mast the extrusion cost me 280 bucks. Kitimat Alcoa
doesn't sell them anymore. I installed a spreader bolt internal
compression box tube, so the mast wouldn't break again.

I sailed it for 9 years, and loved it. But I did get the trailer
modified to allow servicing the cable every year.

The boat is fine for weekending or even a week for two.

Learn slow, work fast, is true for every skill on earth.

Terry K