Do you mean the mast seal around the ring or at the collar? I have been using 3M 4000 UV on just about everything. Been very happy with it. But I was using Life Caulk at the time when I had last pulled the mast. It dries up and flakes out.
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Kynntana, Freedom 38
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Camino, it's real easy if you pull the crane off, attach all the cables (including a way for taking the weight off between the cable and connection) and then run it back through with a tag line. Of course, make sure the tag hasn't crossed any of the halyards. Mine had and we used PVC pipe to run a new tag line up the mast. Hopefully you'll know someone who can then use 55 feet of 1/2 inch pipe.
Kynntana, Freedom 38
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It is orange spray paint. I sanded the aluminum very smooth, primed with an aluminum primer a couple of coats and then a rust oleum orange paint 3 coats I think. Pretty happy with the results.
Tony
SV Circe 1997 Freedom 40/40 - Hull #20 - Richmond Yacht Club, Richmond, CA
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Yes. Ok I’ll try that. The Life Caulk has been a disaster.
Tony
SV Circe 1997 Freedom 40/40 - Hull #20 - Richmond Yacht Club, Richmond, CA
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When I pulled my mast head off, I left the wires attached to the mast head and taped on a long messenger or tag line at the base so that as I pulled out the mast head it pulled the wires and the tag line in. And it kept the proper path through halyards etc. We also removed all the halyards the same way. I bought a big spool of polypro for the messenger lines and labled the heck out of everything.
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SV Circe 1997 Freedom 40/40 - Hull #20 - Richmond Yacht Club, Richmond, CA
SV Circe 1997 Freedom 40/40 - Hull #20 - Richmond Yacht Club, Richmond, CA
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It would seem ideal to run wire inside conduit, with tie wraps around.. possibly one for lights and a smaller one for vhf/ wind indicator secured together...?
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How would you secure the conduit inside the mast? It seems to me this is not a trivial project. I keep coming back to using 3 sturdy zip ties at 120-degree angles and hope they do not interfere with the halyards.
Kynntana, Freedom 38
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hopefully tie wraps should keep it in place, if heavy enough. I have also filled a mast with foam peanuts, works great.
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Just joined today and this is my first post. I am a new owner of a Freedom 33 CC, Hull 47 with a tall rig located in Southern California. A few weeks back the halyard, block and sail came down to the deck while sailing. It was a little gusty by not bad. She is in a yard now, and I have attached a picture of where where the block was attached and the aluminum broke. Lesson learned that I should have included the mast head during survey. Looking at the other pictures of the new mastheads in the other thread with beefy U-bolt connections I see now I need to get a new one designed and built, but has anyone seen this particular mast head set up before? I am trying to find a short term fix while I work on a longer term solution.
Separately I am having a hard time finding someone local willing to unstep the carbon mast since the mast head bolts are also corroded and will need some work. Was very happy with her the times I was able to sail.
Separately I am having a hard time finding someone local willing to unstep the carbon mast since the mast head bolts are also corroded and will need some work. Was very happy with her the times I was able to sail.
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Don- good pic. Have to ask (probably a dumb question) on the aluminum where the shackle broke off what is the bronze disc with what looks like a stop pin? And was the main halyard all external?
Tom and Stephanie
Good Way II F 35 (P)
1999. Wing Keel 5’
3GM30F, 3-blade maxi prop
Emery Cove, CA
Good Way II F 35 (P)
1999. Wing Keel 5’
3GM30F, 3-blade maxi prop
Emery Cove, CA