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MiNO
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Response Posted - 02/02/2009 :  20:25:30  Show Profile
Ok, I learned a big lesson this last week..
Don't measure a mast by hauling a line up with a halyard! I measured it several time, on a couple different occasions, and I was getting 26' 6". This weekend, I took the boat over to the marina's rigging ladder, which I didn't know existed, and measured it. Guess what, it was 14' from the spreaders to the top, and 14' to from the spreaders to the bottom. Which means I don't have the wrong size mast. I didn't realize the line would stretch that much when I hauled it up. After I marked the bottom off on the line and measured it, the line would compress back, hence, my measurement was short.

Sorry guys for taking up your time, but I did learn a lot about buying a mast..!

Thanks txbigfoot for the offer, sorry to take up your time as well.
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bigelowp
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Response Posted - 02/02/2009 :  20:47:21  Show Profile
If you are at a yard with staff, then I would slip someone knowledgable (rigger, sail loft employee, etc) $20.00 and ask them to measure the mast and report to you the height -- just to be sure!
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Prospector
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Response Posted - 02/03/2009 :  08:18:43  Show Profile  Visit Prospector's Homepage
To Measure a standing mast, you can attache the end of a fibreglass surveyor's tape (they are usually either 50' or 100') to the shackle that attaches to your sail, and haul the tape up the mast (While holding th eother end with your foot). This will be off by a few inches, but gives a good ballpark number for buying lines etc. Sorry, but I thought this was what you were doing, otherwise I would have mentioned it to you.
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MiNO
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Response Posted - 02/03/2009 :  12:36:59  Show Profile
Prospector,

My tape measure was only 16 feet, so I thought I was being smart by raising a line and measuring that after I brought it back down. I knew it would be off a few inches, but not over a foot. Lesson learned.
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JohnP
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Response Posted - 02/03/2009 :  13:01:09  Show Profile
You might still want to get a marine surveyor to look at the boat structure for you. Well worth the money! You did say the boat had suffered some minor hurricane damage, right?
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