and by ''cheap masts'' I mean 'wooden masts'.

Scotty



"Scott Vernon" wrote

Dacron Sails, and re-winching with big modern winches
tend to cause dismasting in boats with a common
characteristic. What is that characteristic? [2 pts]


cheap masts?

by ''cheap masts'' I mean 'wooden masts'.

Scotty


Wood masts are most certainly not cheap, unless you make it from an old
telephone pole yourself.

They are cheap and easy to make.

By the way, they aer usually hollow.

Bobspirt wrote

by ''cheap masts'' I mean 'wooden masts'.

Scotty


Wood masts are most certainly not cheap, unless you make it from an old
telephone pole yourself.

They are cheap and easy to make.

By the way, they aer usually hollow.

Have you priced Sitka spruce lately? The hollow ones are even more costly, but
I bet you even solid round spruce spars cost more than an aluminum mast.

On 09 Jul 2004 15:43:55 GMT, (Bobspirt) wrote this
crap:

by ''cheap masts'' I mean 'wooden masts'.

Scotty


Wood masts are most certainly not cheap, unless you make it from an old
telephone pole yourself.


Are you nuts? Use a NEW pole, not a rotted-out used one.





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