Mast down

[Indysailor]

A very strong storm in Indiana yesterday morning, wind out of the east which is very rare, had the lake white capping and set my boat rocking fore and aft. The aft chainplate snapped and my mast came down. Luckily, no damage to the deck or surrounding boats- the castings on the mast and boom released (a design feature?) and everything went by the board neatly without hitting the boat next to me at all. A marina mate who was teaching a sail camp gathered some kids and put everything up on the boat and tied things down for me as I was enroute back from vacation last night. Looks like I'll just replacing the chainplate and the turnbuckles on the stays...and repairing the furler if Pompanette still sells parts for old Hoods. All in all, quite a lucky turnout from what could have been disastrous.

I have some stainless rivets to drill out, but I've only ever worked with aluminum rivets. I don't know if my rivet tool will be stout enough to pop them.

 

[Hoosier Kevin]

Indysailor:

Are you at the Sailing Association?

I am on Lake Monroe too - I haven't launched yet - I have spent May fabricating a new spacer wedge for my 4 stroke outboard -

Anyway - I also did work on my mastlight - I used 3/8" stainless blind rivets - with a new Craftsman tool I bought - works well -

If you need to borrow it - let me know - we can work something out - I am on the last few items to get ready to launch - and I am located close to the Sailing Association -

Best of Luck - Hoosier Kevin

 

[Indysailor]

I didn't see your boat on the hard, so I guess you're in the water now, Kevin. Way to go!

I've been collecting information on parts and have found that Dwyer carries parts that will work on Kenyon masts. Thanks to Rudy for the recommendation to check out Dwyer.

Also, here's another advantage to dealing with D&R. I talked to Rudy about the backstay and he said to make sure to measure the tail piece because for some reason a few customers recently had found that their's were 15 inches instead of 17. Turns out mine is also 15 and he's going to make sure to match it. Saved me a load of frustration, I'm sure.
If it weren't for work I'd probably be able to get back on the water this weekend.
Stupid work.