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Plywood masts
Hello,
I'am building a little daysailer (Pirat) , and I want to build a mast for it. I do not know anything about boats, an building techniques, but build a "puer" wood mast is out. Is any problem with a plywood epoxy mast?. I think no, but..... Any "advice" or help will be very usefull. Thank you. mario |
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Plywood masts
Trying to translate the class rules it looks like the mast is 5515mm long
with a minimum section of 55x75mm to 4400mm above the deck and then tapering. Minimum weight of 3kg which is much lighter than anything you could make in normal plywood. Looks like most of the boats on the Pirat class site are using the Selden extrusions which weigh about 1Kg/M or about 5.5Kg. Anything much heavier would probably put you in the back of the fleet. You might experiment with some 1.5mm Okoume or rotary cut Italian poplar plywood. You can bend it to a radius of about 25mm. -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com wrote in message oups.com... Hello, I'am building a little daysailer (Pirat) , and I want to build a mast for it. I do not know anything about boats, an building techniques, but build a "puer" wood mast is out. Is any problem with a plywood epoxy mast?. I think no, but..... Any "advice" or help will be very usefull. Thank you. mario |
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