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by Den149
Sat May 02, 2020 5:50 am
Forum: Hull and Deck
Topic: Mast step truss, inevitably:(
Replies: 154
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Re: Mast step truss, inevitably:(

Sailnumber 1069. I think the build is in 1976.

Regards Jens Chr
prjacobs wrote: Fri May 01, 2020 4:36 pm Just curious .... what is the hull or sail number of your Ballad?
by Den149
Thu Apr 30, 2020 7:16 pm
Forum: Hull and Deck
Topic: Mast step truss, inevitably:(
Replies: 154
Views: 592577

Re: Mast step truss, inevitably:(

Hi everybody. Thank you for all the descriptions and photos - it’s been a great inspiration and help. I am the worrying type (I guess) so after reading about your investigations of the truss and having talked to a fellow danish ballad-sailor (with an almost corroded away truss) I decided to remove m...
by Den149
Wed Apr 29, 2020 5:14 pm
Forum: Hull and Deck
Topic: Mast step truss, inevitably:(
Replies: 154
Views: 592577

Re: Mast step truss, inevitably:(

Hi Bob and others :-) I am in the proces of reinforcing and re-fitting the mast step truss, and I plan to leave the beilge empty. Since mine has almost no corrosion I am planning on reusing. Sandblast, reinforced and regalvanized. No filling material - as I understand you did so as well? It has been...