I've got a few Ventnor mast hanging around. You become a scrounger for old parts. The original rules for boom height above the deck was 12 inches. That was great when you were a kid of about 120 pounds and had a lot of flexability. I'm way past that. Original Ventnor masts had a notch in the heal that fit over a slot in the mast step. For whatever reason this mast did not have that step. If I cut one in it would then lower the boom height even more. So here we are. I had a chunk of sitka spruce from another project and it looks just right. I scarfed both ends of the mast and then the sitka. A little bit of shaping and bob's your uncle. Going to add about 4 inches to the boom height too.
I'll get to the CB and rudder next.
And the mast in the boat.
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