New to Mozzies

that one looks too

HEAVY

I thing theres one on Garys old boat at somers and ill make some, from memory its 1.6mm square or plate bent up (similer to previous post)and just bolts on your existing pins

Ill look in to it

Matt

Hi all,

there is one thing some may be missing here. That is that retrofitting is not possible (to my knowledge) on mast bases unless the mast rotation pivot is bolted in.

The mast bases that came standard with these had a pivot that had a space before the cone of the pin that fits in the cup that captured the plate, keeping it attached to the mast base.

For instance on the mast base on 1766 the pivot is pressed into the cast alloy base and the cone that goes into the cup is flush underneath the alloy, no room to capture the plate.

But all is possible if you bolt through a new pivot or make a complete new base.

That's the tough one to get around, but like every thing if there's a will ........

Had a look at a spare base I have here and without destroying it I think it wouldn't take much to remove the cast in stainless part....... The alternative is to simply use the cast in stainless bit and bore through it and cut a thread for a new bolt.

Personally I'd like the cone on the beam and the cup on the mast, it would be simple to re-machine the cone into a cup and retro fit a new cone to the beam where the cup usually sits !!!!!!
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Problem solved

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I think it can be done without replacing the mast rotation pivot. It is a bit hard to explain without pictures but I am thinking of a piece of curved of 1.6mm stainless that can be riveted to the bottom front of the mast. Welded to that would be a hinge part which matches the other half of the hinge attached to the beam.

hi all thanx for advise on getting mast up i used my tralier put behind the th boat used the mast stand from trailer to hold mast to get the pin in it worked well now getting a stand made up so wont have to use trailer any more

Hi swatter,

Glad to hear that you are making some progress with the mast raising. Using your trailer and mast stand is a good idea.

I have found it quite easy putting the mast up by myself from the back the way I described earlier.

I know that some people (Tim, Gary etc) say that it is easy to put the mast up from the front without a hinge, but that hasn't been our experience.

We have had difficulties putting up the mast from the front on our new boat 1727 which doesn't have a hinge. I am at the moment making a hinge for 1727 which will be on the front of the mast. I will post some pics when it is finished.

Regards,
Greg.

hi thanx i got a stand made up its got 3mm 400 by 400 flat steel with 1400 square tubeing with angled plate to rest mast on at back of boat tryed it once seems to work well hope to have pics soon to show how it works

I've finally done it... Below is a series of pics which hopefully are self explanatory

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