Sailing Hatseflats
A 15ft Pram for Dinghy Cruising
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Hatseflats Design

Hatseflats Hull Build

Fitting Out Hatseflats

Building TooPhat

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20190828

Over the weekend I decided to continue with the same mast but to install it upside down. First I marked the kink in the mast and reinstalled the fittings upside down with the kink facing aft.

I looked carefully at the mast partner and carefully removed the cracked part from the port-side cheek. It appeared that the oregon pine lamination had sheared off just outside the glue line. This meant that the wood was the weakest part, not the glue itself. I used PolyPox 700 glue to glue both parts together and used an oversized screw as an extra reinforcement.