Mast Splicing

[Douglas]

Ahoy Newbe , I replaced my Forespar 45' X 4" X 7.5" aluminum mast here in Singapore, and that was at Raffles where Jeffrey Leng is the yard master, in February 2011.

The reply I had received from my query to Forespar was unfortunate. At that time 2005 , Forespar was way overbooked and said it would be a que of over 8 months, before they even could build me a new mast, not to mention the shipping time and then moving it to the boatyard .

This forum was a God Send for me. I received enough info here to give me the confidence to build a complete new mast and all it's fittings , D I Y .

Yes the S'pore prices are a shock. I think that yard charged me SD$ 600.00 to mobilize a crane for one hour work to remove the old mast and install the new one.