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GaryB
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Initially Posted - 11/02/2007 :  20:51:05  Show Profile
I was looking through the West Marine website this afternoon and stumbled across something called a Mast Step Boot. Have any of you used one of these on a C25. Seems like it would help if not prevent water from getting into the wood core below the mast step.

http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/producte/10001/-1/10001/14614/377%20710/0/Mast%20Boot/Primary%20Search/mode%20matchallpartial/0/0?N=377%20710&Ne=0&Ntt=Mast%20Boot&Ntk=Primary%20Search&Ntx=mode%20matchallpartial&Nao=0&Ns=0&keyword=Mast%20Boot&isLTokenURL=true&storeNum=2&subdeptNum=11208&classNum=265

GaryB
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Edited by - GaryB on 11/02/2007 20:51:22

dlucier
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Response Posted - 11/02/2007 :  23:53:56  Show Profile
Gary,

Mast boots are used on boats with keel stepped masts. I don't believe I've ever seen a mast boot on a deck stepped mast.
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ilnadi
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Response Posted - 11/05/2007 :  06:53:10  Show Profile
Based on the mud, wasp nests, etc I find at the base of the mast every time we take it down (once ever two years or so) I would say you're better off letting anything (including water) coming into the mast to wash out the bottom.
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 11/05/2007 :  07:43:31  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
Don is right. Gary are you familiar with a keel stepped mast? We have a mast support post to transfer the mast load to the keel's strength. Boats intended for heavier conditions than ours and some racing boats which put inordinate strain on their rigs use this configuration. Because the mast drops through the deck in order to rest on the keel, (keel is another one of those sailing words with multiple meanings, in this case the longitudinal axis of the boat where the two hull side come together), there is a fairly over sized hole in the deck which must be closed by packing and sealed by a collar of some sort. Self amalgamating tape is the current best solution but there are still many rubber collars for sale. I would probably use a combination.

Please edit and adjust the "format mode" to promt to allow you to use a key word to represent your URL so the post will not exceed the window width, like this.
[url="http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/producte/10001/-1/10001/14614/377%20710/0/Mast%20Boot/Primary%20Search/mode%20matchallpartial/0/0?N=377%20710&Ne=0&Ntt=Mast%20Boot&Ntk=Primary%20Search&Ntx=mode%20matchallpartial&Nao=0&Ns=0&keyword=Mast%20Boot&isLTokenURL=true&storeNum=2&subdeptNum=11208&classNum=265"]mast boot at WM[/url]
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GaryB
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Response Posted - 11/05/2007 :  14:30:09  Show Profile
Thank you all for your input. I was about to get one of these but now that it's been mentioned that any water that might get into the mast needs to drain I will pass on this mod.


Frank - thank you for your input and the tip on formatting the URL. I will use that in the future.

Gary
Edited by - GaryB on 11/05/2007 19:30:11
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