Gooseneck urgently required

[Wigeon]

Hi all,
I own a little 20' pocket trawler ketch with gunter rig main. The main is completely loosefooted (no boom). I am going to make a boom to rectify this out of ex 4"x2" [the 4" reduced at front and back along uderside] I am desperately in need of a suitable gooseneck. At this point the main mast is 3.75" square so none of the propriety fittings are much use, since I need a flat plate screwed to mast. The nearest thing Ive seen is on a Cornish Shrimper (notoriously expensive). Can anybody point me in the right direction for a supplier, or anybody got something similar sitting in their yard? Or know of someone reliable who could make one cheaply in Stainless Steel in Falmouth Cornwall? Any help appreciated.
Sincerely Richard

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[nmiller]

Try fabricating in mild steel, then sending it to:
Unit 4
Bojea Ind Est
Trethowel
St. Austell
Cornwall
PL25 5RJ

Tel: 172674448
Business Type: Galvanising. Hot dipped lasts well, and does not suffer some of the corrosion risks that you can get with stainless.
Nick

 

[jon]

PM me

 

[Lakesailor]

Oooo. I'd take your phone number off the posting. It's too late to edit it now. I'm sure the moderator would do it for you. (click on Dan Foley in Extra Information at the bottom of the page.

How about a sliding gooseneck. The track will screw to your mast.
Get classy and do it in brass

at http://www.tendercraftboats.com/fasteners.html

Or any dinghy gooseneck. This is on my clinker dinghy.

 

[Wigeon]

Hi LakeSailor
Picture of your dinghy is a distinct possibility of what I want, with tangs either side of boom, rather than the usual spike.
Can you give me details of dims of your dinghy boom, or boat size, and a lead to potential supplier of hardware?
richard.polkinghorneATbtinternet.com
Replace AT with @

 

[srp]

You could also try Classic Marine or Colin Frake - both respected suppliers who will make something to your own drawing or supply something off the shelf.

 

[Lakesailor]

Wouldn't be able to tell you as it's 50 years old although the gooseneck has "Pallas" stamped on it, but I can't find a reference to that anywhere.
It's a 13 foot boat, but has a fairly large bermudan rig which probably stresses the gooseneck as much as a gaff sail on a bigger boat, except of course I have a bolt-rope in a track which probably dissipates more force through the mast than a laced-on gaff sail.

try here http://www.rigrite.com/Spars/SparParts/Gooseneck_slides.html

Search here http://www.boat-links.com/linklists/boatlink-37.html (scroll down)

or just use this Search Facility for something general like Mast Fittings

 

[Romeo]

You could always simply put wooden jaws on either side of the boom to keep it against the mast. Perhaps also string a set of parrel beads round the mast from one jaw to teh other. This would be entirely appropriate on a Trawler yacht, would cost next to nothing, and is available immediately.


R

 

[Wigeon]

Thanks folks. I've had several leads as PM's, but for anybody interested in this subject , have found the following:
http://www.boatdesigns.com/prodinfo.asp?number=13%2D030
Seems a bit of a pity to have to go to USA firm, but @2dollars to £1 I'm very tempted. I was hoping to flush out a U.K supplier, but none apparent.

 

[flyingjunior]

try your local blacksmith or try Andy Nichols http://www.blacksmith-and-more.co.uk/as he is also an avid sailor and makes marine iron work from everything from Thames sailing Barges down to gooseneck fitting on dingies. and if you can send him the drawings he can do mail order.