Wal, I think ventilation is the purpose also. Moot point now that I have a mast wrap though.
The observation about bolting the mast base to the shoe is pretty much in line with my thinking; the forces at work in a major mast loss are probably going to overwhelm those bolts pretty quickly. I’ve thought about doing it with my mast but frankly it is a back-burner item for the time being. As a former owner (briefly) of a Bruce King designed Islander 37 I can imagine the damage done. The mast is encased by cabinetry and probably did a good bit of damage to that and the head. Those old seventies-era single-spreader masts were pretty stout… As far as the upcoming weather is concerned and as someone who has experienced sailing north up the Baja coast I would recommend that you consider heading south for the Canal and the Caribbean. No decent tacos but some great sailing to be had. The Chesapeake Bay is pretty nifty too. ;-) Best, Dave Godwin 1982 C&C 37 - Ronin Reedville - Chesapeake Bay Ronin’s Overdue Refit On Jun 12, 2014, at 4:04 PM, Wally Bryant via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I vote for ventilation. I have 14 1/2" holes in the mast, about six inches > from the collar. When the bow's pointed into a stiff breeze it is truly > amazing the amount of air that comes in through all the slots in the mast and > shoots out through those holes. Often, that's happening when all the hatches > have to be shut tight, so that air is welcome. I never considered the > reverse, of moving air up out of the boat, but it makes sense. I'll have to > do an experiment, and set a fart on fire and see where the smoke goes. <VBG> > > A dozen or so years back a keel-stepped Islander 37 was a victim of bad line > handling in the Panama Canal, and was swept under the transom of a container > ship. <http://www.pmbc.net/htmls/brokenboat.html> The whole mast was spun in > a big circle, and was devastating to the interior. I can only guess that the > rig was actually lifted off the mast step during the crash. Frankly, I don't > know if having the mast bolted to the step would have done much good. When I > rebuilt my rig with a new mast step, I asked the rigger to drill a hole > through everything so we could bolt it down, and he looked at me like I was > an idiot. (At the time, he'd just finished rigging Bruce Schwab's Open 60 > 'Ocean Planet', and he was the best rigger in town.) He told my that my > mast step had 2" high 1/2" thick walls, and if the mast ever jumped over that > it would be the least of my problems. > > Anyway, Eastern Pacific has had two Cat 4 Hurricanes within the first two > weeks of the season. I sure hope that isn't a sign of how the summer will > develop. I've been waiting here for weeks looking for the right weather > window to sail north. The SSW winds don't kick in until hurricane season. > Everybody is gone; they've all motored into the northerlies, or waited for > dead calm to motor north. I don't like motoring for days on end. It's an > insult to the boat. And it looks like this weekend there will be three days > of 8-15k from the SW, with a 3-4 foot 13 second SW swell. Cool. Give me 8 on > a flat sea (with a clean hull,) and I'll make 4-5. Give me 15 and I'm at hull > speed, with the boat on it's feet. I can set the sails, set the Monitor, and > fire up the BBQ. The contour lines are a bit squirelly, so sailing the rhumb > line won't happen, but who cares as long as you're moving forward. > > I will miss this place, though. The fishing boats pull in every morning, and > I can walk over and get fish off the boat. I have often bought a kilo of > fresh yellowfin tuna, cut off the fish while I watch, for 150 pesos. Yes, I > have eaten the freshest sashimi possible until I can't eat anymore and still > have leftovers. > > Wal > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page > at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >
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