Tops, how much does your mast weight? I was working on the mast fitting and I started to worry mine might be too heavy. How much should such a...
BTW any thoughts on the tolerances for the mast fitting? I was thinking 5mm wider than the mast should be OK - judging from the pics at...
Thanks for pointing that out! No need to worry, I think :-) I actually bingewatched a ton of videos on handheld circular saws on youtube (bless...
I ended up using spruce. Three boards of 22mm thickness and 3.6 m length glued on top of each other with almost a litre PVAc glue. Then I got to...
Oh I found a thread on plywood masts and it seems I'll laminate other wood. This mast business has been surprisingly challenging. I have to say I...
Heh ok. Thanks for the warning! Well it seems I'll absolutely will have to laminate myself a mast of other stuff. Do you think using strips of...
After considering all options I ended up buying a 3,6m long 70x70 mm long piece of pressure impregnated timber from gardening supplies. Do you...
Hm ok. I think I'll take 3 2x2s, leave one whole, split one in half, and take a corner of the third one and glue all that together to form a 3x3,...
Hi, I am building my first boat, a PD Racer. I want to use a balanced lugsail on it, and am wondering about size and material considerations of...
