dood Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 Hi, Just wondering which way the mast base should face. With the mast stoppers at 45deg or the other way round at the 90deg end.Just checking the one I am on is the right way round. Also are the Maricat sailors cutting the base of the mast at an angle to get more mast rake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revolution5005 Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 to get mast rake you adjust your stays ( make the forstays longer and the rear stays shorter) you then have to grind your must base out on an angle abit so your mast will still rotate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Hey Dood, bring your bolt cutters and angle grinder on Sunday and we will sort that mast rake out in no time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humungus Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Scotty the man. are you good enough to be at the nationals in Jan with all that mast rake of are you a Queenslander all talker no action Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Hey Dood I'm very disappointed you hadn't consulted neither you manager nor your trainer about this issue,,,,,,,,,,,Bad boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Mate I will be there, but on a 16sq. Have been coaching Dood to kick some but for Qld.( Village Idoit we will have to increase Doods training to two 6 packs of "Bundy" a day his brain is working to hard he is starting to think to much!!!!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Originally posted by Scott: Mate I will be there, but on a 16sq. Have been coaching Dood to kick some but for Qld.( Village Idoit we will have to increase Doods training to two 6 packs of "Bundy" a day his brain is working to hard he is starting to think to much!!!!!) Scott shoot me you e-mail; I got someting to ask you?? jay safelect@optusnet.com.au Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dood Posted December 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Yep will be training had this weekend.( (Bundy training) And I will consult my trainer and coach next time. I have been a bad boy again. ( Bad Son) Going to bring grinder down to sort out this mast rake thing. And I might even let it loose inside the hull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 [ And I might even let it loose inside the hull. you mean like that dude did up at Hamilton Island racs week in the RL24 .they ground half the hull away from the inside to lose some weight.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xmatelot Posted December 7, 2006 Report Share Posted December 7, 2006 hi dood, apparantly some guys do fit the mast step "back to front" to get more rotation, i dont think it is "class legal", but i am open to correction. it should be as below. bow ^------/\-------^ pete [This message has been edited by xmatelot (edited 07 December 2006).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAX Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 It would be class legal to put the mast base on backwards although I have not seen it done. So long as you cannot adjust the rotation while sailing its fine under the rules. Generally the rotation is set so that the back centre of the mast points at the side stays or slightly forward. In the rules you are not allowed to have a mechanism to adjust the mast rotation while sailing e.g. no rotation spanner. To allow for mast rake I use a slightly longer mast pin. newer masts have the pin at the correct length and nothing needs to be ground off the mast bases. some people also put a coin under the mast pin rather than grind away the mast base (5 cents will do it). cheers ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dood Posted December 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 Thanks for the answers. much appreachated. See u at the Nats. Down Bubble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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