Coresound 17 Mast Material

[Alex]

Hi Peter,

 

I came to see your Coresound 17 some time ago and have decided to go with the Cs17 myself. You spoke about the difficulty in getting the material for your masts. I have been calling around to try and locate suitable material for my masts with no luck. Can you please tell me what you used and where you bought them from. Thanks.

 

Alex.

 

 

[Peter HK]

Hi Alex

I made 3 part masts...2 aluminium sections and a wooden topmast. I ordered the aluminium from Online Metals http://www.onlinemetals.com/ in Seattle as I couldn't get the sizes/alloy/temper specified in the plans here. They could only send 8 ft maximum lengths and shipping was about the same cost as the tubes. Also, I couldn't get the 2mm wall thickness for the lower section and went up to 3mm (whatever that was in inches).

Cheers

Peter HK

[jongo42]

HI Alex,

 

Am 90% of the way to finish my CS 17.

 

OK dinghy and Finn masts are identical to spec from B&B, just a bit longer and they are tapered.

 

Most of them are now using carbon masts so used ones are available.  I bought 2 from Tom Pearce in Melbourne of OK association.  Try your local state association.

 

Should be very cheap - $100 or so - they have a few holes in of course but have a mast track and mast plug and sheave for the main halyard. 

 

I might make myself wooden masts next year once I am over the trauma of building.

[Alex]

Thanks for that Peter. I am surprised that we can't get these materials here in Australia.

 

Thanks Jongo42, that sounds like a good idea. I will see if I can locate some second hand ones like you mentioned.

 

Alex.