Thread: Sabot Mast

There'd have to be a Sabot class website somewhere. Have you tried that?

Richard

Had a pretty good google and only came up with competition specs. Was really after some technical drawings of the mast assembly or a plan for the whole thing.
GUS

Hi Gus,

You will find a plan for the sabot at http://www.dngoodchild.com/5850.htm
There is no detail for the mast construction but you could extrapolate the dimension from this plan. Best to build a hollow mast, either box section or bird's mouth, as weight is a big handicap in such a small boat.
Hope this help.

Cheers

Ludo

Built mine when I was 16 and had the old man doing the drawing interpretation but as I remember started with a clear oregon blank which was split in 1/2 and tapered appropriately through the band saw. Clamped together again and spokeshaved/planed till I was happy with the shape.

A stanley rabbet plane with the 1/2 round blade of the right size and the fence was used to get the profiles in each half for the sail bead and a block plane to give the clearance on the the sail completed the job before gluing and finishing.

Was much the same with the boom which was parallel.

I actually brute forced the boat in 30 kt N winds at Rosebud regularly with 5' of water shooting up the plate case. That mast and boom were a piece of power for that little boat. It got registered A class but I never raced her because I was too old at the time. I was busy racing the old clinker cadet dinghies at RMYS but thats another story.

FWIW

Jamie

Come to think of it, I'm pretty sure mine was oregon also (near on 20 years ago :eek: ). Not 100% sure about the mast as it had a very dark stain applied before the varnish (and I didn't see it get made). But the boom was definitely oregon. It's all fiberglass and aluminium these days