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I anticipate ordering my Balanced lug sail from CLC in the coming month. Meanwhile I have been making my mast, boom and yard. I was able to find some quarter sawn Sitka spruce in South Bend, Indiana and after milling the rough lumber I laminated three boards with thickened epoxy to get a spar 12 feet long and 2 inches square. (see attached link to photos). The first 23.5 inches is left square then the corners are planed down and the mast tapered to a 2 inch diameter at the top. My question is about weight. The mast feels pretty heavy and weighs 10.8 lbs. Is this too heavy and should I shave it down some more or is this about right?
2 replies:
RE: Skerry mast
Nice looking mast! I am not familiar with the Skerry mast weight or dimensions, but I have worked with Sitka Spruce before. I used to live in SE Alaska which has a lot of high quality Sitka Spruce. It is very strong and light weight wood. It looks like you got some very nice clear grain pieces to use for your mast.
RE: Skerry mast
» Submitted by wing15601 - Thu, 7/30/15 » 3:17 PM
Never mind. I just found that air dried Sitka Spruce weighs 27 lb/cu ft so my mast should weigh around 9 lbs. I guess the other 1.8 lbs is epoxy, filler and varnish. Maybe a little more moisture than their cu ft sample.