H26 mast replacement.
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I see it still listed as Innisfail. It's the boat we sailed in the San Juan Islands for 2 weeks in May and the Gulf Islands last year, Sunshine Coast the year before...
In the store here, US$2400 for mast plus $1500?? shipping, without standing rigging... that 260 sounds pretty good!
I don't know... you start adding it all up and you are at $9,500 plus another $1,500 for rigging and labor and you are at $11,000. Does it have sails? If not add another $4,000. You can buy a nice one for $11,000 ready to sail. And you don't have the pita of fixing a boat. If you can talk him down to $1,500 I'd say go for it.
Hi everyone..so this is my first response/post to this great forum. First I would like to thank all the contributors for all the advice I have gleaned from these pages. I have a Hunter 26 and I just had to replace the mast over the last season due to the original forestay attachment/sheave box separating from the mast due to a storm last October. The mast came down and was damaged beyond repair. There are two companies that made masts for the boat..isomat and z spars. I had an isomat and dealt with Charleston spars. They were first rate. I was able to salvage the rigging with exception of the forestay. The mast came with new and they made a new forestay for me to cut to size. If you have a z spars, google the name cause I can't remember the dealer that dealt with that brand cause I didn't have to use them. Be cautious, inspect each component of course, but it can be done. Great boat for how I use it in the super shallow Barnegat Bay. Enjoy.
Squrel;
Actually there were four companies involved with masts involved with the H 26 and 260. First Z Spar bought out Kenyon Isomat but after a short while, Z Spar left the U.S never to return under that name while Kenyon Isomat name was gone. Not going into why but it was a fiasco. The folks at Kenyon Isomat reinvented into Charleston Spar at the same location in Charlotte, NC but later becoming Sparcraft. Parts for Charleston Spar suggesting you go to Rig Rite. Z Spar reinvented itself into U. S. Spars in the old facility in near Gainesville, Florida. As for Dwyer, separate company all together. So if your mast is a Z Spar, first go to the forum site or secondly go to U.S. Spars but this forum store knows what parts you would need for your specific mast. Same with Dwyer Mast. However; if your mast is Charleston Spar/Keyon Isomat, go to Rig Rite as I think the forum store cannot get those parts. Hope this helps you. So it does matter what you do have as the rigging is different which can be costly. As for the early rigging for Hunter, it was made by Seco South near Tampa Florida.
Shipping going across the border can be costly but also a lot depends on the mileage as well as the mast is shipped as one unit.
Former dealer much involved with the water ballast
Crazy Dave Condon
Actually there were four companies involved with masts involved with the H 26 and 260. First Z Spar bought out Kenyon Isomat but after a short while, Z Spar left the U.S never to return under that name while Kenyon Isomat name was gone. Not going into why but it was a fiasco. The folks at Kenyon Isomat reinvented into Charleston Spar at the same location in Charlotte, NC but later becoming Sparcraft. Parts for Charleston Spar suggesting you go to Rig Rite. Z Spar reinvented itself into U. S. Spars in the old facility in near Gainesville, Florida. As for Dwyer, separate company all together. So if your mast is a Z Spar, first go to the forum site or secondly go to U.S. Spars but this forum store knows what parts you would need for your specific mast. Same with Dwyer Mast. However; if your mast is Charleston Spar/Keyon Isomat, go to Rig Rite as I think the forum store cannot get those parts. Hope this helps you. So it does matter what you do have as the rigging is different which can be costly. As for the early rigging for Hunter, it was made by Seco South near Tampa Florida.
Shipping going across the border can be costly but also a lot depends on the mileage as well as the mast is shipped as one unit.
Former dealer much involved with the water ballast
Crazy Dave Condon