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Florida Beach Sailboat Mast Rigging Magic Dragon

Florida beach sailboat mast update,

Writing to you from a Florida beach and marina, keeping you informed...below.

This picture is the two mast sections being welded together. Mast splicing over the internal sleeve, the holes are there so welds can be placed in those areas.

The sailboat mast has come a long way from cutting, welding aluminum, splicing, sleeving, making the mast head, grinding, and finally painting. As you recall, a sleeve was created and the two ends were welded together.

Sheave means: pulley or wheel with a grooved rim for holding marine rope.

Halyard means: tackle for hoisting or lowering a sail, yard, or flag. The sheaves are in place in the masthead, the next thing needed were the rope lines for the spar.

So all the yacht rope, for Magic Dragon's boat mast was ordered all at the same time. It finally arrived the other day!

If only they were the right size, what we ordered compared to what arrived in the mail are two different things. Well Art had to take a ride to Daytona Beach, Florida to find the correct size...Never a dull moment.

DIY rigging rope line...Magic Dragon style.

Florida beach sailboat mast

Art was trying to figure out how to fish the lines through the bottom of the mast to the masthead. This really reminded me of fishing the lines through walls of a home.

Sometimes when you are so close to a project you can't see the forest for the trees. All it takes is another set of eyes.

I suggested joining pvc pipe together, there really was no limit on the length. Off to the local Home Depot store and bought pcv pipe. As you can see from this picture, the whole process went really smoothly.

We cannot put the rest of the rigging in place until we move the sailboat to another location.

Go ahead and blink, but you are not seeing things. Yes, the spar is green.

For your information the majority of masts produced today are extrusions of aluminum. Aluminum has been proven in high regards to strength, stiffness, lightness and low maintenance.

The days here in Florida are getting warmer, leaves are starting to stick there heads out. Marina life seems to blend one day into another.

I found an article that is interesting, it is from India.

It's about, Sail of the season. On Saturday one got the glimpse why. At the SMIBS Navy Cup Regatta 2008, one of the biggest sailing events in the country which sees over 130 boats taking to the water, the vessels vied for attention with all of that rich man’s glamour on display.

MUMBAI: We call it the rich man’s sport, sailing.

That's how the article started. Pretty interesting and neat to see how other people, even other countries view things. I can say the life here in Florida that Art and I have been living is no where near being the "rich man's sport". That's because everything has been done DIY...Nothing but Hard Labor, Hard Work!

But the best thing is sailing is catching on in India.

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