A looong breath
Hi Brian, thanks for replying. I had to chuckle. This has been in the planning stages for about three years or more. I haven't been really rushing this at all. The newer mast is also more than adequate. I had a local shipbuilder do the math for me. The general consensus is that the old mast was to big and heavy for the boat. There is a story as to why it was used for the boat,,,basically, because it was available.
The new mast however, needs to be rigged a bit differently, so I can't just use all parts from mast "a" on the newer mast "b". The newer mast actually has heavier rigging. It would be a waste not to be able to use them. They will be very close. I would prefer to use the thumb cleats, but if I cannot, I wanted to know if adding tangs would weaken the mast. The project got shelved a little because of our harsh winter. I will check locally but I like to run things by here also.
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