Mast and Spar Quotation
Required information
A large percentage of mast produced are
not for classes or One Designs, but for one off's. The total
flexibility with using wood as opposed to alloy, lends its was as
much to the imaginative yacht designer as the traditionalist who
would have none other. The craft vary from custom-built yachts built
in large commercial yachts to dinghies built in the garden shed with
the aid of a book and lots of enthusiasm. Modifications and
improvements to existing designs are also very common as well as easy
to incorporate during the construction process. Most sailors are the
best experts when it comes to improving a design that they have been
sailing for the last 20 years or so.
If you are consider a replacement wood spar and not sure of the class or perhaps the concept of changing a sloop into a gaff takes your fancy, we are sure we will be able to help. To enable us to establish exactly what you require, we need some basic measurements and informations so we can put together a specification on which to quote. Below is a list of questions that we will ask, so to help us to help you, consideration needs to be given to the following:
Class of boat / Designer
Type of rig, fractional, gaff, sloop etc.
What spar, mast, gaff etc.
Material - Douglas Fir or Spruce
Length over all
Section at base
Section at top
Fitting at top - shave or button etc.
Fitting at base, keel, deck stepped tabernacle etc.
Main section - tapered, parallel etc.
External track or internal luff
