Re: [Cal_Boats] Re: cal 27 mast - Vince

Hi, Vince. You have a good boat. I’m a CAL 25er myself, and have worked on many, but some of the lessons are the same. Is the 27 mast deck or keel stepped? If deck stepped, I have a trick for mast removal if your dock neighbors are friendly. Among the lessons, a lot of the parts on the boats changed over time. On the 25, the masts, booms, spreader brackets, and even spreaders changed. I think Jensen used what he could get at the time of manufacture. A lot of the glas pieces were hand cut, so they varied. Some things like masts and chainplates were not necessarily mounted in the same place (some others else mentioned that). If you are measuring the spreaders, also measure up the hole pattern and thickness at the bracket (or don’t drill the spreaders until you have the parts) . Those might not be same on all 27s. On the masthead sheaves, I know that you said that you need halyards to get up there in the first place. There is a second item for working up the mast. A lot of it takes the delicate hand of a brain surgeon. It is amazing how many things can fall to the deck (or the water) while you are trying to accomplish a mission up there. When buying bolts,nuts, and the like, always get a spare “for the bilge” or “for the water”. Saves many trips to the hardware store. Some of this may be preaching to the choir. Dang, it is still very chilly areound here. Still going into the 30s at night With all that said, Best of luck with the job(s) Charlie Annapolis From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of mo… [at] aol.com Sent: Friday, April 18, 2014 12:36 AM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: [External] Re: [Cal_Boats] Re: cal 27 mast i found a way, in another on line source, to change them without removing the stick and my rigger thinks it will work. my marina doesn't have the equipment to remove a mast so i want to avoid the extra complication and cost. i will try to measure mine, while they are still on the mast. if i can get up there, that should work just fine. that way i can do the whole spreader swap at one time. i find it odd that there could be that much variation in spreader length from boat to boat, of the same model. i could see a half an inch, or so, but it's a bit weird for it to be such a substantial difference. i was hoping to make things a bit easier by getting specs for the spreaders. but it is what it is. ---In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, <vectormenow@...> wrote : What Cal group members are telling you is that no 2 Cal boats are alike. You may find that after you have made spreaders from a drawing, they will not fit. Take down your mast and use your spreaders for a pattern. This is the only way to be sure they will fit. My Best, Yellow Jack US57313 On Wednesday, April 16, 2014 11:15 PM, "motorcyclejack2@..." <motorcyclejack2@...> wrote: thanks for the responses. those do look nice. my rigger suggested them. that's a bit steep, for me. i am on a tight budget....and i weld and fabricate. i was thinking of making my own. i built my own chopper, fabricating 85% of the parts, so i am thinking the spreaders shoud be no problem. sailor 7312, you said you made dimensional drawings of your spreaders...you wouldn't still have a copy of them laying around, would you? that's exactly what i am looking for. that, or someone with ond of the originals laying around. thanks guys. vince ---In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, <steven.j.urbanski@...> wrote : Vince, I also have a 27’ pop-top. JSI fabricated a set of spreaders several years ago. I did, however, send them my old ones for use as a template. They are absolutely gorgeous (see attached). Steve Cal 27 #141 Elizabeth Grace Chicago, IL From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of sailor7312 . Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 6:43 PM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] cal 27 mast I have a cal 29 and have used these guys to replace my wood spreaders with alum. I thought the price was reasonable and I liked the product. I removed mine, made a dimensioned drawing, sent pictures w a tape measure so they could check my drawing and they shipped me the product. http://www.newjsi.com/spars.aspx On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 6:49 PM, <motorcyclejack2@...<mailto:motorcyclejack2@...>> wrote: hi folks. i'm new here. i have a question for you. i have a 1971 cal 27...the pop top. i need to replace my spreaders. i'd like to make the new ones before i remove the old ones, to expedite matters. i can't find very much info on these boats anywhere. i would like to find the specs for them. if anyone has replaced them and knows the specs, or where i could find them, ithat would be great. the other thing i was thinking would be if anyone knew the mast manufacturer they used in making cals. the company that made the spars might also have the specs. thanks. vince This e-mail may contain privileged or confidential information. 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