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RubyII
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How do you attach things to carbon masts? I've never been comfortable drilling holes in ali masts but it's simple and seems to work...
13 Aug 2024
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Plenty of 30+ year old ally masts in service. How long do you want them to last?
13 Aug 2024
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Freedom masts are spiral wrapped with GRP to guard against UV and chafe - sometimes called the "mud coat". With age this spiral wrapping...
13 Aug 2024
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Carbon spars are prone to UV degradation lacquering or painting is therefore necessary. Carbon fibre composites are relatively weak in...
13 Aug 2024
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Within reason you can drill, rivet and tap carbon masts. There will be a certain amount of weakening in proportion to the number of...
13 Aug 2024
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What to treat mast/slide slot with?
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"Lubricating the mast track is a very bad idea" What a lot of unthinking badly-written tosh that quotation is. 'Don't lubricate'...
13 Jul 2024
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A loop of chain attached to the lifting warp will sink better than a loop of warp. This has always been my intended strategy if I get a...
12 Jul 2024
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Not sure I would rely on cable ties to keep my anchor in allingment in a blow or less than smoothe water. Fine for a lunchtime stop or...
12 Jul 2024
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Thank you very much for all the replies in the end I found a very lovely spot up at Calstock.
12 Jul 2024
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A vote for Mayflower... Great staff.
12 Jul 2024
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Before I moved my boat down to the Tamar this year i left mine on a mooring at Torpoint most years for a week or two. They operate a...
12 Jul 2024
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Try Huggins in Torpoint. They might have a mooring or marina berth somewhere in their empire.
12 Jul 2024
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I left mine in Sutton Harbour for a week not long ago, it’s not cheap but is perfectly sheltered and the railway station is about a 20...
21 Jun 2024
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Looking for any recommendations for a sensibly(I know I'm back on the South Coast) priced Marina in Plymouth to leave my boat while I...
21 Jun 2024
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Peter Cumberlidge Bristol channel guide (2nd edition) got us around the Bristol Channel. Tom's guide, whilst excellent, stops at the...
19 Jun 2024
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