Need to buy a mast for my elderly Grand Banks

[Forty_Two]

Am fitting out in Sof & lowered the original wooden mast on my Grand Banks 42 (44 yrs old).

It's had it & is dangerous so has to go. Can anyone point me at a UK supplier who could put a 5m mast together quickly & ship to Sof?

Thanks

 

[onesea]

Am fitting out in Sof & lowered the original wooden mast on my Grand Banks 42 (44 yrs old).

It's had it & is dangerous so has to go. Can anyone point me at a UK supplier who could put a 5m mast together quickly & ship to Sof?

Thanks

Do you know anyone who has broken a X boat mast recently? or any local boat yards with a old abandoned wooden mast that would suit? Most are only rotten at one end...

 

[RobinBirch]

Speak to Jeremy Freeland at Collars - http://www.collars.co.uk/

Very knowledgeable and with a large enough set up to accommodate short notice requirements.

 

[Forty_Two]

Thanks for the replies, have decided to go with Allspars who seem helpful & found an earlier thread recommending them.

 

[fisherman]

I watched a chap make a mast at Gweek boatyard, start with a tree and a chainsaw, string it and trim to square, then take off the corners equal all round and plane (and plane and plane....)

 

[Forty_Two]

Yes quite a skilled job I reckon. Anyway I have had enough of the weight of the wood one so it's going to be ally this time.