[Public-List] Mast Support Beam

[Wes Gardner via Public-List]

Regarding beating my head on the beam...I've thought about getting some
foam pipe insulation and cutting a quarter of the section out and glueing
it up there but haven't yet.  It will work on the cabin side but will foul
the head door on the head side...

On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 12:53 PM, Wes Gardner <wesgardner1952 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> My boat is a non-liner boat #196.  The mast support beam has been
> reinforced with aluminum plate on both sides of the beam.  Looking at the
> photo that looks forward, there IS a flat spot in the cabin top.  I’m not
> sure whether I’m concerned about it or not.  In that same photo, there are
> four nuts that hold a fairly substantial pad-eye plate near the base of the
> mast.  You can see the pad eye with a single Harken block in the photo of
> the mast base.  If I eye-ball one against the other, it tells me my mast is
> resting fairly square on the beam (meaning it’s not too far forward or
> aft.)  Also when I “sound” with my plastic hammer, everything is rock solid
> as far as the core is concerned.  The other photo of the reinforcing plate
> looking aft, although it’s not pretty, there are no leaks.
>
> I think I’m content to leave things alone.  Any comments and/or
> suggestions are always welcome.
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/1nbw95vyxmuxify/Mast%20Support%20Beam.jpg?dl=0
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/7nat262in0euf3w/Mast%20Base.jpg?dl=0
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/q8hsrt2m5603vy6/Mast%20Support%20Fwd%20Side.jpg?dl=0
>
>
> Wes #196 Griffin’s Faith
>