Best place for masts, booms, rigging

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JRB
JRB
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JRB JRB
2 posts
18 Dec 2013 2:01pm
Hi there,

I have an old wooden Enterprise that I am trying to find a mast, boom and rigging for, with the mast and boom being the hard part.

I am wanting new or used aluminium for both and am finding it hard to even find where to start.

If anyone has any recommendations for around the Brisbane, Toowoomba, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast areas it would be great.

Cheers,

JB
LooseChange
LooseChange
NSW
2140 posts
NSW, 2140 posts
18 Dec 2013 5:30pm
Get yourself over to www.catsailor.net/ and in the general forum just yell out for a bloke by the name of Norman Jones, he's up Mooloolaba way and has lots of second hand boat stuff.
Supersonic27
Supersonic27
NSW
235 posts
NSW, 235 posts
18 Dec 2013 5:31pm
Always a tough one for older classes.

Try sailmakers, some of them will have come thru the various dinghy classes and may know. Yacht riggers will be expensive, but may be able to head you in the right direction.

If original or exact replacements are not available, ( so you race in "class") it is usually not too difficult to modify a newer set up from a current more popular class. A lot of class associations have their preferred suppliers and some even keep spare rigs on hand. So that sends you down around clubs asking around.

Sorry I can't help more, good luck!
WA125er
WA125er
98 posts
98 posts
18 Dec 2013 4:17pm
Try a standard comalco or James Glass Pear Shaped section for Mast and Boom. National 125s use this section and they are cheap because of no tapering (65mm by 45mm)
You could advertise on their Classifieds section for old sections laying about (www.125assoc.com)
Ramona
Ramona
NSW
7757 posts
NSW, 7757 posts
19 Dec 2013 8:52am
The Enterprise is Holt design and is bound to have a UK based webpage where you can get dimensions. The mast is a straight extruded section and would be the same section as a 420 or plenty of other classes. The sails were always blue but these days where you are probably just after a family cruising boat you could do what you like. Plenty of masts and sails appear on eBay or visit a few rubbish dump recycle shops.

The Enterprise is big and heavy but a pretty good sailer.
LooseChange
LooseChange
NSW
2140 posts
NSW, 2140 posts
19 Dec 2013 11:39am
DAMA said..

There's 3 different mast setups for sale on gumtree Sunshine Coast .
http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-sunshine-coast/mast


That's Norman Jones, I got it wrong. It's Maroochydore not Mooloolaba, I knew it was sunshine coast though. Sorry 'bout dat. Norman would be your best chance of finding what you are after, his phone is 0754796111.
JRB
JRB
2 posts
JRB JRB
2 posts
20 Dec 2013 9:46am
Wow, thanks everyone for the feedback, I didn't get any emails so I wasn't sure if anyone replied.

I will go through the responses and let you know how I go,

Thanks again,

JB
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