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If you belong to a yacht / sailing club then unstepping / stepping is free.
Geoff
At 09:21 AM 01/02/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Nope, Got a 42 foot mast. Mast stepping charges on Lake Ontario average
>around $2 per foot length if you assist in the process $4 per foot length if
>the yard does it.
>
>That's Canadian Dollars (equivalent to the price of a can of pop is USD!!)
>
>Pierre
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Steve Weinstein" <>
>To: "Shanica J II" <>; "Richard Goodwin"
><>; "George Geist" <>
>Cc: <>; <>
>Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 9:13 AM
>Subject: Re: lv-ab: How to silence clanging in the mast
>
>
>> Wow, you guys must have a small mast or live in an area where yard labor
>> rates are really inexpensive. The going rate around here is about
>$10/foot
>> for un-stepping and stepping. That includes all the work involved
>> disconnecting the shrouds and also a "dock" tune after re-stepping.
>>
>> If you store the boat over the winter at my yard then the cost discounted
>as
>> part of the haulout and splash.
>>
>> Steve Weinstein
>> Hydro-Therapy
>> A 1981 Cherubini 33
>> Sailing out of Oyster Bay, NY
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Shanica J II" <>
>> To: "Richard Goodwin" <>; "George Geist"
>> <>
>> Cc: <>; <>
>> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 8:50 AM
>> Subject: Re: lv-ab: How to silence clanging in the mast
>>
>>
>> Dropping your mast should only
>> > take an hour or so and it's inexpensive to do. It's never cost me more
>> than
>> > $100 each way. The whole job takes about a day. including drop, clean
>> > inside of mast, remove wires, install conduit, run new wires, and
>restep.
>> >
>> > Pierre
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Richard Goodwin" <>
>> > To: "George Geist" <>
>> > Cc: <>; <>
>> > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 3:07 PM
>> > Subject: Re: lv-ab: How to silence clanging in the mast
>> >
>> >
>> > > That's a good idea, and a similar one would be those hollow split
>> > > lengths of foam used to insulate water pipes. They already have a big
>> > > hold in the middle for the wires, and you could not glue their sides
>> > > together, and they would be easy to get off someday.
>> > >
>> > > Dick
>> > >
>> > > George Geist wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > These "Pool-Noodles" I'm talking about are ca 5 ft long, 3-4 inches
>> > > > diameter round tubes of colourful foam, used by kids to play in
>their
>> > > > backyard pools
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>>
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