Recent content by won-fish

Another thing I did on my boat was to add furniture foot padding to the inside of the dagger board trunk that took out all the slop between the board and the trunk, which allowed for a lot less tension with the bungee cord and held the board in any position .

All good info. My goal was fast and cheap . They claim bulldog primer will make paint stick to chrome and glass. The bond of the paint to the mast is all I was looking for. The only thing at this point I would have tried is a spray polyurethane. I found out it is more impervious to mosture then...

Also just to let everyone know it does still float so my concern about causing the boat to be more prone to turtleing is not a problem.

all at a price we will see how well the paint holds up. wonder how many times stronger the pipe mast will be? I might lose the 7.5 pounds if I start sailing more.

No, couldn't locate any 6061- T6 locally. But the $50.00 did include the bulldog primer and clear wheel paint from the local autoparts store.

My local hardware had a good supply of pvc connectors . I found one for connecting 2in pipe which is what I used for a mast. I had to glue two together with epoxy because they were not tight fitting and could not use pvc cement. I used a threaded end cap and put a threaded plug in to allow...

The 2 inch schedule 40 aluminim pipe is 2.375 diameter and works great . its a much better fit into the mast step and the goose neck still works. For about $50 I was able to put mast together using pvc for end caps. Thanks

Does anyone know if a 2" schedual 40 aluminum pipe is the extrusion used for the sunfish mast?