X-OldHeader: From martin_d_frankel@yahoo.com-DeleteThis.com Thu Aug 16 19:17:49 2001 Return-Path: <martin_d_frankel@yahoo.com-DeleteThis.com> Received: from opus.labs.agilent.com (root@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com [130.29.244.179]) by jr.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id TAA23398 for <wind_talk_ls@jr.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Thu, 16 Aug 2001 19:17:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msgbas2.sgp.agilent.com (msgbas2.sgp.agilent.com [141.183.101.231]) by opus.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id TAA08421 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Thu, 16 Aug 2001 19:17:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web13806.mail.yahoo.com (web13806.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.175.16]) by msgbas2.sgp.agilent.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 050D031A for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Fri, 17 Aug 2001 10:17:58 +0800 (SGP) Message-ID: <20010817021742.82250.qmail@web13806.mail.yahoo.com-DeleteThis.com> Received: from [63.74.153.130] by web13806.mail.yahoo.com; Thu, 16 Aug 2001 19:17:42 PDT Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 19:17:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Martin Frankel <martin_d_frankel@yahoo.com-DeleteThis.com> Subject: Re: 2 piece skinny mast To: wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com In-Reply-To: <002901c126bb$a6d807c0$45b6263f@newmicronpc>
I once had a mast that was stuck like none I've ever seen. I
tried everything, the boom method, the tug-of-war method, the
ice water/hot water method, and so forth. I even tried tying one
end to a tree and the other to my van and driving away. I heard
a loud bang and jumped out with trepidation, thinking I'd find
carbon splinters or maybe my bumper in the middle of the parking
lot. Luckily the brand new webbing had snapped first.
For all that, the turn and flex method Tom mentions worked like
a charm. Took about half an hour, but it wasn't even strenuous.
This is One True Solution to the Stuck Mast Problem.
I still use the mast, too. Maybe I'm tempting fate, but it
hasn't given me any trouble since then.
Incidentally, there's one more good reason to tape the joint of
your two-piece mast before rigging. Once, I accidentally pinched
a tiny fold of luff sleeve material in the mast joint. When I
downhauled the sail, it tore a strip out of the luff sleeve.
Brand new Northwave, too; really pissed me off.
Martin
--- Tom von Alten <tva@pobox.com-DeleteThis.com> wrote:
> Support the mast on two beach chairs, benches, whatever,
> with the
> joint in the middle. Flex the mast where the joint is; you
> should
> hear the sand crunch in the joint. Rotate the mast a bit
> and repeat
> the flex in a new direction. A few repetitions should
> enable you
> to pull the halves apart.
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