Home made aluminum mast gate working nicely

[tjspiel]

Nice breeze today so I had a chance to try out reefing with it in place.

Much easier !

Still have a use for my old sail stop. Noticed all the slugs were piling up on top of the boom when dropping the main and the boom at its lowest position. I normally like to raise the boom a bit when putting the boat away by sliding the shackle over the reefing hook and raising the halyard a smidge.

It was tough to do with all the slugs jammed on top of it so I put a sail stop in a few inches up and the slugs pile up on it instead.

Thanks for all the ideas including the aluminum carpet threshold and the nylon thumb screws.

Worked great !

[DBthal]

......It was tough to do with all the slugs jammed on top of it so I put a sail stop in a few inches up and the slugs pile up on it instead.

I do the same with my sail stop.

[Riggerdood]

Glad it's working well for you Tom! Always a great feeling, especially when it's something you fashioned yourself.

[Straander]

I was going to work on a homebrew solution for this as well this year. Can you post any pictures of yours?

Nice breeze today so I had a chance to try out reefing with it in place.

Much easier !

Still have a use for my old sail stop. Noticed all the slugs were piling up on top of the boom when dropping the main and the boom at its lowest position. I normally like to raise the boom a bit when putting the boat away by sliding the shackle over the reefing hook and raising the halyard a smidge.

It was tough to do with all the slugs jammed on top of it so I put a sail stop in a few inches up and the slugs pile up on it instead.

Thanks for all the ideas including the aluminum carpet threshold and the nylon thumb screws.

Worked great !

[tjspiel]

I was going to work on a homebrew solution for this as well this year. Can you post any pictures of yours?

I'll take a picture the next time I'm on the boat.

[DBthal]

Here's the mastgate I made for my P-165.



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[tjspiel]

Here's the mastgate I made for my P-165.



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Mine is not as nice looking.

[tjspiel]

So here's mine, - made from an aluminum carpet threshold:

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It had to be bent a bit more than it was already. Just put it in a vise and bent it by hand.

[Quantico Frank]

Here's the mastgate I made for my P-165.

Dan, remind me again what material you made yours from?

[DBthal]

Frank,

I used a piece of aluminum door threshold from Lowes.

[Straander]

Very nice looking, like its designed to go there.
Same idea for the 3d-printed one I'm designing. Hopefully I'll finally try it out this summer.

Here's the mastgate I made for my P-165.



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