Hello Larry. That certainly would be the way to go if I had a sliding
gooseneck connection (which I don't, but which I may convert to), but with
a four-bolt fixed connection, it makes moving/removing the boom a bit more
of a job. Not out of the question, though.
Jeff Sheler
s/v Windsome
C27TR #6594
Hampton, VA
At 09:39 AM 5/15/2006, you wrote:
Hi Jeff,
If your like most of us, your main is on the boom under a sail cover for
most of the year, and you only use the mast slot when putting the sail on
in the spring and taking it off in the fall. Why not just slide the boom
down and out the sail slot and out of the way when installing and removing
your main, twice a year?
Hope that helps,
Larry Taborek
C27 Dixie Chicken
> Jim. I raised my boom above the existing slot, so can't use that any
> longer. And the boom attachment is bolted on, so I can't easily slide it
> up
> and down to utilize the old slot. I will have to cut a new one. I'm
> thinking I'll need some kind of power cutting tool other than a hack saw,
> and was wondering if anyone had cut a slot, and if so, what tool they
> used.
> Thanks.
>
> Jeff Sheler
> s/v Windsome
> C27TR #6594
> Hampton, VA
>
> At 11:18 AM 5/14/2006, you wrote:
>
>>Jeff,
>> By mast gate do you mean the slot for inserting the sail slides or
>>the "plates" that cover that slot to retain the slides? It seems that
>>on my mast there are more than six inches from the normal boom location
>>to the slot. So, raising the boom wouldn't seem to overlap the slot
>>itself. I have aluminum plates -- mast gates -- to close the slot but
>>they are only as long (well, slightly longer) than the slot.
>> Next question: do you bend on the main and then leave it on using
>>a sail cover when the main is lowered?
>> Assuming the latter (and that you mean "the slot" above), I would
>>lower the boom to the normal location, bend on the main, then raise the
>>boom to our new location and leave it there until you want to remove
>>the main again.
>> Just my thoughts, in the absence of a visual of your situation.
>>
>>Jim Calleran, C27 #2784
>>Mathews Yacht Club, VA
>>
>>
>>--- "Jeffery L. Sheler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> > Having raised my boom 6 inches, I now have to cut a new mast gate.
>> > Has
>> > anyone done this? What kind of tool did you use? I'd appreciate any
>> > tips.
>> > Thanks.
>> >
>> > Jeff Sheler
>> > s/v Windsome
>> > C27TR #6594
>> > Hampton, VA
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
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