Hi all,
I'm hoping to get some help from the forum on a problem I've had since my 1999 H260 was delivered. As you will see in the picture, the port side mast strut is bent when in the mast raised position. After the first sailing season, I took the boat back to the dealer to have it fixed, and I don't know what they did, but it didn't fix the problem.
I've since tried adjusting the strut length when down, doesn't help; when up, even worse because the strut isn't long enough to allow the mast to come down all the way (thankfully I was watching very carefully and stopped lowering the mast before anything bent or broke).
I've come to the conclusion that the strut base is off center from the mast pin, and Happy Camper's post (here) got me thinking about how to find the root cause and fix this once and for all.
In order to check for miss-alignment, I'm going to run a string from strut base to strut base and see if it is aligned with the mast base pin. I think I'll find that the port strut base is mounted a little bit forward of where is should be. If that is the case, I'll see if the deck-to-strut-base mounting holes can be elongated (or re-drilled) to allow the strut base to be slid aft enough to align with the mast pin.
@Crazy Dave Condon - Have you seen this issue before? Does my approach seem reasonable?
Thank you to all in advance for any guidance!
-Tom
I'm hoping to get some help from the forum on a problem I've had since my 1999 H260 was delivered. As you will see in the picture, the port side mast strut is bent when in the mast raised position. After the first sailing season, I took the boat back to the dealer to have it fixed, and I don't know what they did, but it didn't fix the problem.
I've since tried adjusting the strut length when down, doesn't help; when up, even worse because the strut isn't long enough to allow the mast to come down all the way (thankfully I was watching very carefully and stopped lowering the mast before anything bent or broke).
I've come to the conclusion that the strut base is off center from the mast pin, and Happy Camper's post (here) got me thinking about how to find the root cause and fix this once and for all.
In order to check for miss-alignment, I'm going to run a string from strut base to strut base and see if it is aligned with the mast base pin. I think I'll find that the port strut base is mounted a little bit forward of where is should be. If that is the case, I'll see if the deck-to-strut-base mounting holes can be elongated (or re-drilled) to allow the strut base to be slid aft enough to align with the mast pin.
@Crazy Dave Condon - Have you seen this issue before? Does my approach seem reasonable?
Thank you to all in advance for any guidance!
-Tom
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