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When I discovered two years ago, that our mast collar leaked water, I removed it, and bougth a car tire tube, which I cut up, swept around the mast, and glued together using what we call "contact glue" or "elmulsion" it still sits nicely even though it is beginning to fall apart just a little.

 

Ship Shops will sell you al kinds of solutions from closed mast collars you have to slip on when the mast is off og the the boat, to wrap around solutions like mine, only more expensive.

 

So talk to your local sjip shop, i am sure they have at leat one solution.

 

Jesper Milling

My apologies - I've used the wrong name. I was talking about the aluminium casting bolted to the deck - should have called it a deck ring.

 

On the subject of mast collars, I use Agritape to make mine. Agritape is a waterproof black self adhesive tape that is sold to farmers to repair silage bags. It comes in rolls 100mm wide. I just wrap it around the deck ring, and up onto the mast. Simple & cheap.

 

Interesting thought, but I don't think this is the cause.

 

The coating was starting to lift when I bought Shanty, and as far as I can recall, the previous owner used some sort of rubber gaiter.

 

Agritape is just a plastic strip with a self adhesive backing - like Sellotape.

 

I've heard from a group member that Selden do a deck ring that fits. However, they are 짙124 each. I've also tried Z Spars, but the only ring they were able to offer looks a bit too small. I'm going to get the old ring off & cleaned up before commiting myself.