Boatyards are a different animal in Florida for a couple of reasons. First is that almost no one stores boats in boat yards because of the weather and because waterfront property is too expensive to make it work economically.
To make a boat yard profitable, there has to be a steady turnover of vessels and enough repairs so tradesmen will pay the yard big bucks to locate in the yard. The rigger in the corner of the yard will get much of the mast work, for example. In many yards, you are required to use the in-house tradesmen and you are not allowed to do any significant work yourself. Another reason for this is environmental. Florida gets much of its drinking water from aquifers a few feet below the surface. Sloppy amateur work pollutes the aquifers with sanded off bottom paint, for example. There are still a few yards that allow DIY, but they are disappearing. The one I plan to use this spring allows you to do your projects as long as they paint the bottom. It's not a bad deal, actually. You used to have to buy the bottom paint at a huge markup. The current price for a bottom job is only a couple of hundred more, and they do all the nasty work. Jack Brennan Tierra Verde, Fl. Former C&C 25 Shanachie, 1974 Bristol 30 Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Tab®|PRO -------- Original message -------- From: "Dennis C. via CnC-List" <[email protected]> Date:01/16/2017 10:36 PM (GMT-05:00) To: CnClist <[email protected]> Cc: "Dennis C." <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Stus-List Mast Step Box 1980 CnC36 Hmmmm...Louisiana is a fairly litigious state with Napaleonic law and a powerful trial lawyers group but they haven't reached deeply in unstepping a rig. Some folks around my area hire a tow truck with a boom crane. Yup, tow truck. They usually charge a lot less than a real crane + operator. Dennis C, Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 7:25 PM, Steve Thomas via CnC-List <[email protected]> wrote: Right you are Dwight, but the marina in Florida is insurance crazy and skill short when it comes to sailboat rigs. They insist that boat owners hire a "professional rigger" to assist with unstepping or stepping a mast. My plan is to improve the situation for now, and unstep the mast to fix the step and a few other things when I get to a place that has a better attitude and maybe a crane. Everyone in our sailing club on Lake Erie unsteps their mast every year, so it is a little hard to relate to people who insist that it is such a big deal just because they don't do it much themselves. Steve Thomas C&C27 MKIII Port Stanley, ON C&C36 Merritt Island, FL ---- dwight veinot via CnC-List <[email protected]> wrote: Good luck Steve...I think it would be a much easier fix with the mast out Dwight Veinot C&C 35 MKII, Alianna Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS [email protected] On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 1:17 PM, Steve Thomas via CnC-List <[email protected]> wrote: > > Whatever is supporting the mast step on my 1980 C&C36 project boat has sunk > by 1/2 to 1.0 inch, and the mast is pulling down on the cabin top. There is > no visible sign of rot in the wood and fibreglass cross members at either > end, and I am planning to attempt to put an aluminum plate shim underneath. > The step box is constructed of anodized aluminum about a half an inch thick, > and the bottom plate extends forward forming a shelf through which 2 bolts or > lag screws hold it in place. There are no other visible mechanical fasteners. > Judging from all the talk over the years about mast steps, I am guessing that > someone on the list has removed a similar box on a similar if not identical > boat. What did you find? Were there other fasteners? Was the fibreglass > holding it down? Any issues getting it loose? What is underneath that not > obvious? > I am hoping to do this without unstepping the mast, but just jacking it up a > bit. > > Thanks, > Steve Thomas > C&C 36 > Merritt Island, FL > _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: https://www.paypal.me/stumurray All Contributions are greatly appreciated!
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