Mast and spars holder when trailering

[oldfish]

what methods or devices do you folks use to secure mast and spars when trailering your sunfish?
thanks.

 

[Richard Jones]

what methods or devices do you folks use to secure mast and spars when trailering your sunfish?
thanks.

I use two peices of thick foam

 

[sailcraftri]

There are some spar holders that fit in the daggerboard trunk and the rudder gudgeon. Look on eBay.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mast-Caddie-Stern-Sunfish-/180905120394

That is only half of what you need though.

 

[baseman]

I made this from a $10 piece of plastic and a steel rod.

 

[Kevin Mc]

I made the support below from plywood (two 3/4" pieces glued together), PVS pipe (sized to fit the mast hole), and indoor/outdoor carpet. That supports the spars & mast forward; for the aft they rest on a boat cushion (the cheap kind with two straps sewn on). The cushion and spars are tied to a line that also serves to keep the boat on the trailer.

 

[oldfish]

I made the support below from plywood (two 3/4" pieces glued together), PVS pipe (sized to fit the mast hole), and indoor/outdoor carpet. That supports the spars & mast forward; for the aft they rest on a boat cushion (the cheap kind with two straps sewn on). The cushion and spars are tied to a line that also serves to keep the boat on the trailer.
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that looks great!

 

[sailcraftri]

I like the fact that you matched your racing stripes...

 

[signal charlie]

Curly pool noodles

 

[Sonicjk]

This is what I came up with. Set the spars on the noodles and tie em down

 

[signal charlie]

OBTW cookinwithgas gets 100% credit for the curly noodle idea

 

[oldfish]

OBTW cookinwithgas gets 100% credit for the curly noodle idea

thanks folks
I bought my noodles today!

 

[oldfish]

OBTW cookinwithgas gets 100% credit for the curly noodle idea

thanks, noodles work great! see pic.

 

[signal charlie]

thanks, noodles work great! see pic.

Cool, zip ties probably a lot easier than the duct tape I used...

KB

 

[Jimmy53]

Hi.... In a similar creative vein I designed two "goal post" type crutches out of PVC pipes. For about $12 at Menards I got every thing I needed. There's a standard pipe size that exactly fits the mast hole, and I added a 1/2" alum.rod that fit perfectly in the gudgeon. With a few attached 1/4" ropes I tie mast and spars together, then tie thru the mast cleat and around the gudgeon. Way cool and way cheap!

 

[oldfish]

Hi.... In a similar creative vein I designed two "goal post" type crutches out of PVC pipes. For about $12 at Menards I got every thing I needed. There's a standard pipe size that exactly fits the mast hole, and I added a 1/2" alum.rod that fit perfectly in the gudgeon. With a few attached 1/4" ropes I tie mast and spars together, then tie thru the mast cleat and around the gudgeon. Way cool and way cheap!

any pics??