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Step 4Mast, Mast Partner, and Mast Step
My mast is a spruce pole I cut in the Maine woods, also from a standing dead blighted sapling.
It's about 12 feet long, 1.5" thick at the top , 2.25" thick where it passes through the mast thwart.
The mast thwart, also called the "partner" is a board with a hole in the middle that holds the mast up.
I added this board across the canoe near the bow of the boat. It's attached with epoxy, screws, and lashings.
I wanted to make sure it would stay put.
The base of the mast tapers down to 1.5" thick. It sits in the "mast step", a block of wood I epoxied to the floor of the canoe just ahead of the mast thwart. The mast step has a socket carved in it that's just big enough to accept the base of the mast.
It's about 12 feet long, 1.5" thick at the top , 2.25" thick where it passes through the mast thwart.
The mast thwart, also called the "partner" is a board with a hole in the middle that holds the mast up.
I added this board across the canoe near the bow of the boat. It's attached with epoxy, screws, and lashings.
I wanted to make sure it would stay put.
The base of the mast tapers down to 1.5" thick. It sits in the "mast step", a block of wood I epoxied to the floor of the canoe just ahead of the mast thwart. The mast step has a socket carved in it that's just big enough to accept the base of the mast.
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