joe c
banned
Some msg back and forth with @LaLi revealed that the 1980 masts might be the same as every other year. im pretty sure ive seen some documentation with the same mast i have on my boat. its a single piece. has the same step and tensioning mechanism. (internal by way of bolt jack screws in the plate on the foot). i did find the aftermarket masts that were being made in 2011/12 but this is not one of them. those were euro/aus from what i could tell. selden and proctor made (?) looking at photos i found online, those look nothing like this one. so just posting pics of my mast for anyone interested. i picked up another laser2 this past week for parts and have the 2 piece next to it for comparison. some definite differences. different spin pole location. the halyard sheave is in a different location and about an inch and a half difference in length to the halyard block center. for reference...in the photos...i have the foot eyeballed flush with each other. discuss.
i also dissected the hull of the laser2 i bought. it was delaminated from the deck. some significant osmosis. and horrible oxidization on the gelcoat. i really was only hopeful to get the mast which i got. plus a very nice rudder and dagger standing rigging and a nice set of sails.. i pulled everything from the hull then peeled the deck off. somethings i noticed. first. this hull did not have mainsheet cleats on the gunwhales. there was no blocking for them either. so they specifically blocked for specific options. they did not block every boat the same then just added options as ordered etc. they blocked for the options specifically. at least if you were to go by this. the other thing i noticed is that the blocking is only 3/8" what looks to be a 5 ply marine ply. so its not very thick stiff. i pulled the mast step out. it is a solid piece of somehting i havent looked into yet. ipe maybe? when i replaced the one in my boat it appeared to be sitting on a plywood pedestal. and just bonded to the step with bonding putty. that is exactly how this was. i kept the actual hardwood step. so if anyone is replacing one....i have the dimensions and angles to fabricate new if needed. otherwise nothing interesting. just run of the mill production boat fast and nasty. pics attached of the carcass. one full bulkhead aft of the mast step. forward of the dagger trunk. one supporting bulkhead under the cockpit aft of the mainsheet block. the aft section of the cockpit floor sits on blobs of bonding putty. the dagger trunk supports a lot of it and the mast step too. hopefully this is some good info people can use later.
i also dissected the hull of the laser2 i bought. it was delaminated from the deck. some significant osmosis. and horrible oxidization on the gelcoat. i really was only hopeful to get the mast which i got. plus a very nice rudder and dagger standing rigging and a nice set of sails.. i pulled everything from the hull then peeled the deck off. somethings i noticed. first. this hull did not have mainsheet cleats on the gunwhales. there was no blocking for them either. so they specifically blocked for specific options. they did not block every boat the same then just added options as ordered etc. they blocked for the options specifically. at least if you were to go by this. the other thing i noticed is that the blocking is only 3/8" what looks to be a 5 ply marine ply. so its not very thick stiff. i pulled the mast step out. it is a solid piece of somehting i havent looked into yet. ipe maybe? when i replaced the one in my boat it appeared to be sitting on a plywood pedestal. and just bonded to the step with bonding putty. that is exactly how this was. i kept the actual hardwood step. so if anyone is replacing one....i have the dimensions and angles to fabricate new if needed. otherwise nothing interesting. just run of the mill production boat fast and nasty. pics attached of the carcass. one full bulkhead aft of the mast step. forward of the dagger trunk. one supporting bulkhead under the cockpit aft of the mainsheet block. the aft section of the cockpit floor sits on blobs of bonding putty. the dagger trunk supports a lot of it and the mast step too. hopefully this is some good info people can use later.