Wooden Sailboat Mast
In my previous boats, i've always used an aluminum mast (and a carbon fiber one on the tippecanoe t37). for this vintage marblehead high flyer sun wind ii though, in keeping with the tradition of the 1940's/1950's, i thought it would be fun to attempt a wooden mast.. The ultimate wood for masts and spars is sitka spruce. check a.l. condon. good stuff is getting harder and harder to acquire. like crag cay said, google "wooden masts" & there should be alot of information.. An instructional video on how to build a sturdy, affordable, wooden sailboat mast..
How to make a solid boat mast. most folks will never need to make a mast for a boat, but they may wonder how it's done. you may find yourself wanting to make something mast shaped, only smaller one day, however. maybe you'd like to make small flagpole, or even something as small as a walking cane.. I am making a wooden mast out of douglas fir. this is for a demon 15 dinghy, day sailor. since these little boats are long out of production, an aluminum mast would be very expensive and the idea. Our wooden masts and spars are made with the same uncompromising quality and attention to detail as our oars and paddles. we have made hundreds of masts and spars for boats as small as nutshell prams, for many herreshoff designs, and numerous larger boats like concordia yawls..
