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Brian Whatcott

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Getting foam out of mast!

On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 22:18:10 +0000, wrote:

Hi there,

There's been lots of talk about putting foam in Ally masts - any ideas
on getting it out - previous owner of boat foamed in wires - PU foam
injected through 1/4" holes at about 6ft intervals. I now want to
replace these, and revert to internal halyards. Mast is 28 ft and only
access is from foot end. I had considered using plastic pipe with the
end cut like a holesaw and twisting, anyone got any other ideas that
won't ruin the anodising?

Thanks in advance,
David. SY Colros.

Not sure how practical this is, and I KNOW it will evolve poisonous
gas, but a wire loop on a stick, driven by a low voltage transformer
might core it out quite nicely.

Brian Whatcott Altus OK

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