I made this a separate thread from my Hull restoration, since many others might be interested in this as a stand alone subject.
I pulled my mast down from its storage spot (strapped to eye bolts on my side yard fence), put it on saw horses in the back yard. Getting down to assessing the condition and what needs repair or replacement.
I had already removed all the rigging and spreaders. I only ended up with one broken screw from the spreader mounts but shouldn't be to hard to get out or drill out. One spreader is stuck fast with corrosion into the socket and I have yet to free it, it may need to be cut out and spreaders replaced.
I removed the rest of the hardware, most of the important stuff like the goose-neck slide came out fine and are re-useable. These pics are the mast before I cleaned it with a mild phosphoric acid descaler/cleaner. The pics don't really show how dirty it was, but it is a bit cleaner now;
I pulled my mast down from its storage spot (strapped to eye bolts on my side yard fence), put it on saw horses in the back yard. Getting down to assessing the condition and what needs repair or replacement.
I had already removed all the rigging and spreaders. I only ended up with one broken screw from the spreader mounts but shouldn't be to hard to get out or drill out. One spreader is stuck fast with corrosion into the socket and I have yet to free it, it may need to be cut out and spreaders replaced.
I removed the rest of the hardware, most of the important stuff like the goose-neck slide came out fine and are re-useable. These pics are the mast before I cleaned it with a mild phosphoric acid descaler/cleaner. The pics don't really show how dirty it was, but it is a bit cleaner now;