The dent seems awfully small to me and sounds cosmetic. I doubt a dent with a depth of 3mm counts for much. That's about an 1/8". The mast wall is probably that thick. And the size of 5cm (2") by 3cm (1 3/16") seems very superficial. Several feet above the gooseneck. If there aren't too many halyard exits nearby, I'd sail with it as-is or fill and fair it using West System. Another option: drill a 1/2" hole in the opposite side of the mast and get a nice strong steel punch, grind the tip into a nice rounded blunt end and peen out the dent from inside. Fill and fair.
Then finish off with a BoatUS sticker. Go sailing. FWIW, I once bought a brand new Cape Dory 22 in 1981 and it was delivered to the dealer with a dented mast. The dent was three times what you described. Demand for the model was high and I was told I could wait six weeks for the next one, but I went ahead and signed papers and took delivery the next week. We had a blast with that boat for five years and drove her hard, sometimes underwater offshore, (she was only 22 feet long) and never ever had a worry about the mast. We saw that dent just above the jib halyard winch every time we raised the headsail, but never questioned the integrity of the rig. I sold the boat and the new owner drove her even harder off the coast of Maine and loved her and wrote me a nice thankyou letter never once asked about the dent that was as big as your hand. > On June 12, 2018 at 2:30 PM M Bodnar via CnC-List <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Discovered over the weekend that my mast blew off the rack at the boat > yard over the winter. Landed on a lower level rack and dented the side > of my mast - several feet above the gooseneck. Dent is maybe 5cm long > and 3cm wide - max depth of about 3mm. > > Met with insurance surveyor today - he is suggesting a few options - > weld aluminum to the side of the mast, cut mast and install a sleeve, > find a used CS 30 mast or similar and replace or replace with a new > mast. Apparently the sleeve option would cause a stiff spot in the mast > and make it harder to trim well for racing (which I don't do - but don't > want to devalue the boat in the repair). Not sure about the weld > option. No immediately available used CS 30 masts locally. > > Insurance has a set upper limit of $22500 on the boat - so write off is > a possibility if they can't repair or find a used option. > > Anyone have any experience? Advice? Know of any random CS 30 masts lying > around??? > > > Mark > > > -- > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >
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