Mast structural integrity - pop rivet removal

dylanwinter said:
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the boat cost 5.5

- the engine is two years old and cost 6K

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Far better that a kin great hole through the bottom
You have a bargain there
 
The steps are only on the upper section only presumably because its relatively easy to struggle up to the spreaders. You'll be grateful for them when your masthead lights pack up or a halyard breaks free.
Raincatcher type radar reflectors are notoriously ineffective, the encapsulated ones have a much greater reflective area.
I'm sure you'll find a suitable replacement main. I was just drawing it to your attention.


dylanwinter said:
I don't know what the steps are for though.... they only start above the spreaders so you still need to dangle from some rope to get there

the radar reflector is an ugly blimp

the roller reefing can wait for a bit and I will see if I want to live with it.

A replacement main should be fairly easy to find.... there are a lot of second hand Centaur mains lurking in people's garages

all I have to do is to find the blokes who have them

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"Does anyone want to swap masts?"

Put the word out on this.

Someone will want the roller mast, it's a good option for the older mariner who just wants to jill around with no stress. Swap sails as well and your job is done, all the rest is too much trouble in my view.
 
Some good looking boats on that series of photos, then there is the Centaur.
Films to be shot from the boat, keep the rig out of shot.
To make this easier remove the rig, with that main it's hardly worth deploying.
As you obviously enjoy watching and featuring pretty boats it is surprising you chose this craft.
What you need is a lottery win so you you buy something like Griff Rhys Jones Ondine and take amazing shots of this beauty sailing at her best using a drone camera (never mind if a few end in the drink)
 
Filling the holes with new rivets will not restore the structural integrity, that is reduced as soon as you drill the holes. It is usually not critical.
Re the comment about square holes/comet windows, I've no idea how you drill a square hole.
 
johnphilip said:
Some good looking boats on that series of photos, then there is the Centaur.
Films to be shot from the boat, keep the rig out of shot.
To make this easier remove the rig, with that main it's hardly worth deploying.
As you obviously enjoy watching and featuring pretty boats it is surprising you chose this craft.
What you need is a lottery win so you you buy something like Griff Rhys Jones Ondine and take amazing shots of this beauty sailing at her best using a drone camera (never mind if a few end in the drink)
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and looking at this shot of the Centaur

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you are dead right -

I should be sailing a much prettier boat

however, if I won the lottery, I would stop making films and just go sailing

the films more or less cover the costs of the sailing - but only for me to sail a 40 year old snot boat rather than a £100,000 highly varnished classic. I would leave some-one else to take pictures of my boat as I sailed around lovely places.


Dylan

PS - I would also have to do the lottery - methodist background though so gambling is a sin.
 
doug748 said:
"Does anyone want to swap masts?"

Put the word out on this.

Someone will want the roller mast, it's a good option for the older mariner who just wants to jill around with no stress. Swap sails as well and your job is done, all the rest is too much trouble in my view.
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the word is out.... geography is important on this one of course - transporting masts around costs a lot of money

the cheapest solution would be to drop this mast, strip off the retro fit RR and then run up a standard main

slab reefing is very cheap and reliable

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"the word is out.... geography is important on this one of course - transporting masts around costs a lot of money"



Yep you wont want to trail the length of the country, but if you get a keen swapper he may come to you. He will be getting the best of the fiscal deal, if nothing else.

You need a long trailer for hauling the mast, but not that long for this one. If it overhangs a 15foot car by 5 foot at the front you have a comfortable max of 15 feet to deal with at the back.

My view is that you will want to pull the mast down to get that gear off, it is a tough job dangling off a length of rope. I have a PhD in drilling out rivets.
 
I removed a roller mainsail gear very similar to yours. Best mod I ever did, saves loads of weight aloft, gives a sail shaped sail instead of a flat table cloth that jambed.
I asked Selden about the holes and they said leave them or fill them with rivets, won't make any difference, the mast is more than strong enough anyway. I filled the holes because it looks neater.
 
For information Griff sold Undina last year.I saw the gang taking the mast down ready for transport at Suffolk Yacht Harbour.He had sold it but the purchaser didn't want it straight away so it sat on the hard for a while.
He has a bigger classic boat in the south of France which he races.
Undina sat on a pontoon down from my boat for a few years largely unused.
 
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