Rob,
I am back with questions about stub masts, because of the problem of fitting a mast in a 40' container. I know you didn't like them, and I remember you mentioning the problems with putting the bearings inside where you could not reach, but I wanted to ask a different question.
When you are building a freestanding wing mast, don't you hve to build the round, rotating part seperately from the wing part and then bond them together? Couldn't you mechanically fasten the stub inside the wing, and leave the bearings down in the hull? Then you could take them apart. I could probably deal with a 40' luff, but going down to 33 or so just doesn't give me enough sail area.
- Gardner
Pasadena, MD
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