Cracks in my mast

I had a problem with a mast -the spreader adjuster tang had pulled out leaving oversize holes. Following reccomendations from the local dinghy supplier  :

thoroughly cleaned and sanded the area to be repaired

cut a piece of glass tape the shape of the tang base

taped round the area to prevent overruns

covered the two holes and the area covered by the tang with "Chemical Metal", saturated the glass tape with the same stuff and stuck it on to the mast

covered the tang base with a fine layer of "Chemical Metal, placed it on the glass tape and fixed the whole lot down with masking tape.

When everything had set hard I drilled holes through the repaired mast and pop riveted the tang fitting to the mast - covering the rivets in a dollop of fresh "Chemical Metal"

A small overspill of the mixture proved impossible to remove from the mast and had to be ground off.

This might only be a temporary repair but it looks and feels pretty solid.

 

Gordon

 

Get a new mast

well there goes my plan of fibreglass and epoxy (or carbon). your rivet a plate on idea sounds like reasonable one, although would the extra holes weaken the mast more than the plate would strengthen it?

Is it a composite or alloy mast?


Edited by 29er397