If you have access to a bandsaw/tablesaw, it's fairly easy to make your
own wedges from a chunk of hardwood. I don't know of anyone
who has them comercially available. I milled my own a while back from a
chunk of wood I grabbed off my wood lot. The wedges are
tapered on one side. I cut the taper on my table saw on a wide board,
then ripped the board into the width for the wedge to make a
bunch. 2 inches seems wide for the wedge. More wedges and narrower
will make fitting easier. I think I've got 8 or so around my
mast. You must have a place like:
http://www.kjpselecthardwoods.com/
around Kingston somewhere as a good source for some 4/4 or 6/4 hardwood.
Another option is to use a product like:
https://www.spartite.com/Default.aspx?SiteID=3
I replaced my forward hatch lens a number of years ago for much of the
same reasons you are now. I don't remember the
exact product, but I suspect it wasn't acrylic. Some other
polycarbonate. Any plastics shop should be able to recommend the
righ material for UV resistance and strength.
Hope this helps.
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Cheers,
Jeff Nelson
Muir Caileag
C&C 30
Armdale Y.C.
Halifax
On 12/31/2016 10:43 AM, Kevin Deluzio via CnC-List wrote:
Hi,
I’m in the first year of owning a 1980 C&C 30 Mk1, (- love the boat -)
and I have a couple questions that I am hoping some of you may be able to help me
with - thanks in advance.
First - mast wedges
The boat came with about 3 or 4 wooden wedges about 1” x 2” x 4” that
were wedged between the mast and the mast collar where it went through the
deck. They were falling out most of the season. I am told that the original
design had 4 wooden wedges that countered the mast to fill in the entire
360degrees around the mast. Is that true? What is a best way to replace these -
Spartite ?
Second - hatch lens replacement
The V-berth hatch lens was cracked and leaking last season. I have
removed the lens and plan to replace it myself. Hoping that the supplier can
cut the new one to shape using the old as a blank, or I have access to a
bandsaw to do that part of the job. What’s the best material for this -
Acrylic? Any advice from others who have done this job before?
thanks
Kevin
Kevin Deluzio
1980 C&C 30
Kingston, ON,
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Muir Caileag
C&C 30
Armdale Y.C.
Halifax
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