Gerry, From your photo your mast looks straight to me. Why do you want to buy a new one? What's the problem? Does it have some corrosion at the base? Cut off 1/2", and do a bit if shroud adjustment Oxidation? Looks old? Elbow grease and an abrasive pad takes care of that. If you still don't like it, you can always paint it and the boom white, and it will be elegant again. As for the tack of the jib: On my M15 I had the tack about a foot up from the bow fitting. When I'm sailing I want visibility forward so I can see the traffic. A jib with the tack down on the deck kills all visibility. That's why the racing people add a big transparent window to their deck-sweeping head sails. Connie On 3/20/2019 4:22 PM, Gerry Lempicki via montgomery_boats wrote:
OK, so you mean you keep the foot down low on the deck? I ASSuMEd it had to clear the pulpit. So the tack gets shackled right down low behind the forestay connection? I guess then we don't worry about sail wear against the pulpit. I actually had it that way first, and said that can't be right. LOL. I should have grabbed any of the books I bought to look at the pictures; I see now they have jibs out rubbing against the rails, and low down. OK, so I guess the pad eye is located OK! Thanks! On Wednesday, March 20, 2019, 4:36:16 PM EDT, Dave Scobie <scoobscobie@gmail.com> wrote:
Gerry. Tack is supposed to be at the bow, not 'up in the air'. This is why the whisker pole angle isn't correct. Off the top of my head the spinnaker eye is about 20" from the bottom of the mast.
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On Wed, Mar 20, 2019, 1:31 PM Gerry Lempicki via montgomery_boats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
So today we lowered the mast to put in halyards, then raised it again and tried putting the sails on/up. So far so good. I raised the jib enough so the foot cleared the pulpit, then checked the fit of the whisker pole. If it's supposed to work with this sail and if it should be close to horizontal, that pad eye on the mast should move up to about 40" from the base. Right now it's 22" up from base. Everything else looks good to me; we took a lot of measurements so we know where the boom sits and where to open up the slot for inserting the gooseneck. Next step, order the mast and get the boat off the trailer to remove the centerboard.