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Hi Kristoffer here are the pictures. The mast has a stainless steel bracket with a half hole, which gets bolted down to the captive bolt embedded in the keel. The mast fits snugly over the top hat. The internal diameter of the CF mast is 125.8mm and this is the standard Tillotson Pearson mast. I hop...

I'll take some pictures tomorrow. Yes some European F21s did have aluminium masts but I didn't hear about any rubber shoes. Anyway, they were not all the same, some being tapered some not. I'm not sure what was the reason. Mine is a UK boat and has a CF mast. Other UK boats have Al masts... maybe th...

That is a big difference! I suspect that is not the original mast and the rubber was used to retrofit it. There are threads on this forum describing methods make the fit better e.g. building up the "top hat" with epoxy, as that is what folks tend to call it here. However usually that is for mms of p...

Hi Kristoffer, OK understood, the drawing is good enough. For your information, on my Freedom 21, the mast goes directly over the pillar on the keel. There is no rubber between the inside of the mast and the fibreglass of the keel pillar. Maybe on your father's boat this was added to shim the joint ...

In particular, this is the collar/wedge you want: "Urethane Mast Collar Wedge for 5 3/8" OD Round Mast: PP F25572MC: Special molded Urethane Mast Collar/Wedge for 5 3/8" OD Round Mast. Round Mast Collar is 6 5/8" OD x 5 3/8" ID x 2 3/8" high and fits between the Mast and the Deck. One piece molded c...

I like overkill nice job.Not sure what access you have to your bilge problem but, if you no longer have a leak problem, perhaps you can get a tube into the bilge and pump out the water and finish off with a desiccant.

Just seen your post. The forum seems a bit quiet these days but let me offer a welcome. Despite the problems, that is one nice looking boat you have there, I'd sell my grandma for one of those, in any condition. Don't worry at 74 tomorrow, I have no grannies left to sell 😩. Anyway, I wish you all th...

My blade jib is also tacked to the pulpit top rail and I now have a forestay on which to hank it, attached with an additional halliard just below the spinnaker halliard to ring on the mast. Before, it was hanked to the halliard but that made it difficult to raise and lower and keep tidy. My jib will...

Hi Ian, well done, you did a great job getting in there. I don't know if the transom spacing/lazarette layout is different between the US and UK designs but there is no way I could get to my gudgeon bolts through the starboard lazarette ditto port. I have about 3in of internal space between the inte...

:lol: Hi Adam, thanks for the tip but at this stage I have decided against paint and will just give the mast a good waxing before next season. I plan to maintain a regimen of pulling the mast, inspecting and waxing. I am not sure where you live but here in the UK heat and lots of sunshine are not as...