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Keel Step Bolts
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04/26/13 02:16 AM
04/26/13 02:16 AM
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Does anybody have their mast bolted to the step. Seems a good idea. So does ISAF
Don King
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Re: mast bolted to step?
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04/29/13 11:48 PM
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I think that is a requirement for boasts that sail in the Chicago Mackinac race
Dennis Bartley Planxty, s/n 23994 hull 205
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Re: mast bolted to step?
[Re: Cap'n Vic]
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07/02/13 09:21 PM
07/02/13 09:21 PM
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Georges
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Vic, Could you tell me more about the four screws holding the mast step to the mold? Are those just wood screws? Are those machined screw into an aluminium plate inside the step mold? Any idea of the size?
I am planning to move my step this saturday and try to plan for the spare parts :-) if things get as tough as other threads mentioned...
Thanks!
-- Georges Foot Loose #467 - CPYC - Winthrop
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Re: mast bolted to step?
[Re: Cap'n Vic]
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07/05/13 08:06 PM
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Precious - Thanks Vic. Will try to guess few of various ones, and be lucky...
Did you had to drill and retap?
-- Georges Foot Loose #467 - CPYC - Winthrop
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Re: mast bolted to step?
[Re: Cap'n Vic]
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07/10/13 08:01 AM
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Thanks Vic... I had the same setup than yours - less clean of course and indeed could see 3/4 inch forward and backward to slide the step.
Going to OD max was indeed the intent for the NA, but my screws ended up more stubborn than their heads. Crane was too low to give me more than 1 feet of working space... I will drill and replace them when the occasion happens....
-- Georges Foot Loose #467 - CPYC - Winthrop
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Re: mast bolted to step?
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07/13/13 12:22 PM
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I will likely postpone this until the winter. I was referring to drilling the screw themselves with extractor bits. I still do not know if there is an embedded plate in the molded step, but if there is, tapping it does not sounds obvious to me. I would have to drill enough to get some clearance for the tap under the plate... but this become a bit fictional at this point until I know more about what's behind this mast step :-) The geometry -I would just extend the slots line.. but I know, on my mast, I will not need it.
-- Georges Foot Loose #467 - CPYC - Winthrop
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