Mast height

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Iain C
United Kingdom
181 Posts

Posted - 27/09/2011 : 21:45:36
Quick one...how tall is the mast on my boat? (Mk2 fin keel, original Kempsafe rig)

Cheers!
Iain C
United Kingdom
181 Posts

Posted - 27/09/2011 : 21:48:19
Aaargggh, the second I posted this I found the relevant bit in the handbook. 33'6. Ta!

sabre27
178 Posts

Posted - 27/09/2011 : 22:03:02
A word of warning.

Check with tape measure if it realy matters, slight variation is not unknown!

Paul Howard. S27OA Technical Officer.

ianfr
United Kingdom
104 Posts

Posted - 28/09/2011 : 10:03:23
Hi

There are 3 sabres within 30 yards here at Tollesbury and they all have different height masts! I agree with Paul, measure with a tape!

Regards

Ian

Kind Regards

Ian

jerryo
Ireland
70 Posts

Posted - 28/09/2011 : 17:02:42
Mine is huge

Jerry

Iain C
United Kingdom
181 Posts

Posted - 28/09/2011 : 18:48:51
It was to do with a cruising chute which I'd been offered, but with an 11.4m luff I think it will be just too big. I probably want something where the leach can be made "tight" from masthead to stem, so I can carry it high if required, or slacken it off a bit to get a bit of shape in it by the time it's clear of the pulpit.

A guesstimate of the height of the tabernacle above the deck, and the sheerline, and a quick bit of schoolboy pythagoras meant that I needed 5.88m between the stem and the mast foot to make that work, and even without the tape measure I know that's unlikely!

keith
United Kingdom
118 Posts

Posted - 29/09/2011 : 21:08:14
Our boat is an early Mk 2 fin keeler & the mast is if i remember right 31' 6", there are 5 Sabres in our club & bet they are all different!