[Public-List] Mast beam repair

[Daniel Sternglass]

Hello A-30 people,

I have not been following this mast brace discussion closely, but in the 
last e-mail, I noticed that there was no mention of jacking up the mast 
beam and through bolting it with reinforcement plates, which many A-30 
owners have done over the years.

One point to be aware of is to be aware of leaving some clearance (I 
left about 1/8" on my boat). Many years ago ago we did this with a 
custom fabricated reinforcement. If the top edge of the metal reaches 
the deck under maximum load you could cause further cracking, e..g on 
the deck.

If you can find a source for the plates, another Alberger who has done 
this might help you, or a boat yard could do it. This assumes that the 
original brace is in "reasonable" shape, of course.

Best to all for the holidays and the new year,

--Dan Sternglass
Watcher of the Skies, #201, 1966, Ithaca, NY Cayuga Lake

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