Replacing Mast

[Boatman]

Has anybody replaced their mast?

I trying to get an idea as to what the cost is likely to be I know how long is piece of string.

Its for a 43 foot ketch, and am thinking of replacing all rigging.

Look forward to any comments

 

[maxi]

About two years ago, obtained quotes for a bare extrusion but with sheave boxes fitted, for a 32' sloop. Cheapest price approx £2500, add on the hardware and the fitting and building time, plus the standing rigging and you were looking at approx £5000. No idea of todays price.

 

[savageseadog]

Z spars for a budget one

 

[benlui]

Just replaced mine and all the rigging. I agree with savageseadog, Z SPAR is a very good option, and represents excellent value compared to other makers.
Total cost for my mast (dough my boat is much smaller than yours) standing rigging was about €1000 and the mast was £2800 i think off the top of my head. However, i went with LED nav lights which drove the cost up. Good luck in your decision, its a good time to be thinking of it as the global down turn has lower the prices even more.........

 

[chewi]

Different scale, but its all relative..
I replaced mine on a 25' Cobra 750 . I bought the mast direct from Zspars. They are excellent. They prob. won't fit it for you but you can get the standing rig oversize and fit stalock to length provided you can erect the mast and mark them off to length.
I used the retiring mast strapped to the keels and the gunwale as a derrick to hoist the ne mast in place (using the retiring forestay as a reference for rake). and hold it there with the new halyards.
Bring the standing rigging down to the chainplates and mark each side where you think you need to cut it, then bring port & stbd together and mark the middle of tghe difference to get equal stays. cut the stay and fit stalocks, move to the next pair.
All this took a very satisfying afternoon and some forethought

Or you could pay a rigger.
It depends on whether its an insurance job or not, because you'll struggle to get recompense for your own efforts, however honest you are, because insurance companies want receipts.

btw don't fret about stalock terminals. Try and find any posting that says they are squiffy, they are not, a serious blow gives you real confidence in them.

 

[ga1135]

It is wonderful & cost saving to DIY all those items.

Just wonder if insurance companies would accept a mast / rig being built & rigged by boat owner and cover the item in the insurance policy.

Any brothers have info on this ? Thanks.

 

[Strathglass]

I has to buy a mast (Keel stepped for 33ft yacht 48 foot long)fairly recently and looked at varioius options.

The worst case was £10k + from a supplier in the west coast of Scotland.

There was little to choose between Z spars and Sailspar for a kit mast.

For financial reasons I decided to buy a bare section and cut out all the holes myself.

In the end I opted for the Sailspar option as they offered me a further discount when I visited their stand at SIBS.

I did however opt to collect it myself as their delivery costs seemed quite high to me (from Brightlingsea to beyond Inverness) Z spars were quoting less than 30% for delivery.

The cost of the section and all the fittings was in the region of £2500.

For standing rigging I used 8mm 1x19 wire for everything in order to standardise on fittings.
I had S3i supply the 10 stays swaged at one end (including babystay and inner storm jib forestay)

This cost in the region of £650.

For the bottlescrews and SSB insulators I went direct to Petersen and used their swageless fittings.

They cost about £800.

I cannot really quantify the cast of the running rigging as most of ot came from dealers the Irvine boat jumble.

Since I purchased all my items I see that S3i now sell Pettersen swageless bottlescrews and the last time I looked at their site they have reduced their prices for this year.
But the prices still seem to be I good bit higher than I paid.

I must stop now as today is a key day in the building of my 'home built' yacht.

After more than a decade of blood, sweat and tears -

I have finished her, and the surveyer is coming at 10.30 this morning.

Iain

 

[benlui]

GJW who paid my total bill which amounted to almost 20k but this was for a lot more than a mast. They made it clear however that the mast be stood by a qualified rigger. You didnt hear me complaining...............

 

[mikewilkes]

Hope the survey went well and happy sailing after all that work.

 

[Strathglass]

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Hope the survey went well and happy sailing after all that work.

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Thanks Mike,
Nothing serious, only three minor points.

1 - Acess panel to cockpit drain seacocks. Recomended to change screwdriver fixings to toolless method.

2 - Find if somewhere can be found to locate companionway steps when accessing the engine.

3 - Cut off projection at ends of stainless cooker crash bar to prevent it catching clothes.

I was also quite happy with the value quoted for insurance purposes.

Once I get the written report I can start looking for insurance.

Then I need to generate the resources to hire an 80 ton crane and low loader to shift the boat from my garden to the shore.

It will be going on a swinging mooring.

Cheers

Iain