Sparlight Spars - mast foot required.

[carl170]

Hi, all.

This is probably the longest shot in history, but my sparlight mast is missing its foot. The foot should moununt in the base and pivot back on an M10 sized bolt. I have the horseshoe shaped base and the mast seems to have some sort of plug at the bottom where the foot should be.

I was wondering if anyone might know who I could contact about getting a replacement foot? I am guessing that sparlight have gone out of business, but there must have been hundreds of the foot cast, so maybe they were taken over or similar? Would anyone carry any NOS spares?

Or perhaps someone might know if a similar foot may fit? The mast is about 27 ft long if that helps!

Thanks for reading my ramblings!

Regards

Carl

 

[ianat182]

You could try googling and contacting the Chandlery Barge at Bursledon.They have lots of obsolete used and unused gear - like an aladdins cave. They are,nt cheap though.

ianat182

 

[oldsaltoz]

If you find a picture of one or better measure an existing one it will a pretty straight forward project to get one fabricated / welded together with aluminium plate.

Good luck and fair winds.

 

[tillergirl]

Wot, like this?


[URL=http://s217.photobucket.com/user/rgaspar_album/media/P1010136.jpg.html]

Sitting in my shed doing nothing. Was on board when I bought TG.

 

[carl170]

Tillergirl,

That could possibly be whats missing!

Here is a picture of the completed mast and step (pinched from boatshed):

http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww315/carl170/MASTSTEP.png

I have the bottom plate.

Is there anywhere a bolt can go through? Not too sure from looking at the picture.

That would be AMAZING if it was the right part!

Regards

Carl

 

[tillergirl]

I am afraid it is a bit too big. I think TG has had her mast foot replaced at some stage because it now has a pivot bolt at the back, in a similar fashion to yours. The base tapers to the rear so there really isn't enough 'meat' there to take a bolt. But anyway it looks substantially larger than what you need.

 

[Seajet]

carl170,

if Tillergirls' job doesn't work try Sailspar 01206 251348; they have a stock of mast foots and are extremely helpful.

 

[carl170]

Thanks for your replies everyone!

I will explore these avenues.

Regards

Carl

 

[Fantasie 19]

Thanks for your replies everyone!

I will explore these avenues.

Regards

Carl

This was the mast foot on my old boat, a Fantasie 19, but it had a Sparlight mast...