Posted by michel.capel (michel.capel@…>)
Well, I had a look at your mast partner pic, and it sure looks like
a messy repair of leaking. Silicone on top of bolt heads…yuk! If
I bought the boat, the first thing I would do was remove all the goo
(completely removing silicone is almost impossible, so on my boat
there’s a death penalty for using silicone; that stuff is only good
for aquariums).
Next, I would remove the mast ring, because it’s obviously leaking.
Also remove all the goo on, in and under it.
Then I would check and redo the mast wedge (or wedges) to make sure
the mast is fixed to the deck.
If the wedges are stil good, I would use them, if not, I would buy a
set of Spartite and set the mast with that.
Next, the mast ring can be caulked to the deck with a decent marine
caulk (not silicone, in my case, I use Bostik caulk tape). Some
caulk under the bolt heads to prevent weeping alongside the threads.
The edge of the mastring around the top edge can be filled with
caulk now.
Then I would buy a new mast boot and long stainless hoseclamps to
create the last seal.
A boat with this problem would not scare me away, although an owner
that repairs leaks like you showed on the pic is not a good
caretaker of a boat and should warn you for more sloppy maintenance
jobs. I would not be surprised if he never changed an oil or fuel
filter in his life.
Good luck.
— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, “TJ Parrent”
<free2decide2005@…> wrote:
I recently looked at a F30 I’m interested in buying. The day I
looked at the boat was a day or
two after a hard rain. I noticed a fair amount of clean water
underneath the engine and also
the carpet around the mast step in the v-berth was wet. It didn’t
appear that there was any
water leaking from the engine so perhaps it was coming from the
companion way. In the
case of the v-berth the only things I can think of are the mast
partner or sheave box. This is
a new rig to me so I am interested to hear if anyone has any ideas
about the causes.
Additionally, there was a lot of silicon around the mast partner.
The silicon was about 3 - 4
inches high and covered what looked like a boot that did not fit
tightly and something else,
but I’m not sure what. There seemed to be a lot going on there
compared to other Freedom
mast partners I have seen. Not sure if it’s an issue but you can
see a photo at
http://homepage.mac.com/cyclebloke/PhotoAlbum72.html. I would
greatly appreciate any
help anyone can offer.
I do plan to have the boat surveyed but want to answer these
initial questions.
Thanks,
TJ