NEED A MAST

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Richard

I'm posting this to all sailor, because I need as many eyes looking as possible. Last April while sailing off of San Carlos, I had a rigging failure (the port lower shroud parted),the mast broke and everything went over the side. I secured the rigging with a 3/8" line prior to disconnecting the remaining shrouds and stays. I tried towing the rig to shallow water as I was only about 1/2 mile from the harbor mouth, but I lacked the power. I called the marina on my handheld and a fishing boat heard my call. They took the tow and were underway, when I heard a "POP" and they had lost it in 187' of water. I've been looking for someone who is parting out their beat up, burnt, sank Catalina 27. Anyone knowing of anyone please notify me. The "RAGTIME" is a 1976 standard rig, with an OMC saildrive and she is perfect in every other way. She is mounted on a Trailrite tandem axle trailer. I need to get her back to what she does best. Thanks you
 
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Walt L

Just last Thursday...

Just last Thursday we were sailing our Catalina 27 in Washington’s San Juan Islands, starboard tack main and 110 jib up with 20 knots gusting to 25. It was good exciting sailing as we stood on the low bench leaning back. Watching the water and the other boats a strange moving caught my eye. The aft / port lower shroud was not just loose it was laying on the life line! I told my wife not to tack. With my life jacket harness and safety line tied off at the mast, I found the cotter pin and clevis pin leaning on the rail. Reassembling it and bending the Cotter Pin correctly I wonder if I should have tied off at the mast. I did check all the other pins I could see before we tacked.
 
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sailboat scrapyard

try www.donssalvage.com in clearwater fla. tel 727-576-8577.hope it helps.goodluck
 
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