David, My boat is one of Jerry's. What has to be hacksawed out?? If I was to cut off all the outward bent metal on the luff track it would result in a rather large hole in the mast. Would that be covered (incorporated) into the mast gate? I saw the installation tape on the mast gate site and what had to be cut was not really clear as concerns the older M-boat mast configuration where the gooseneck lives. Have you tried installing one of these things? Tom B M-17, hull#258 On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 4:37 PM, W David Scobie <wdscobie@yahoo.com> wrote:
for Jerry's boats a MastGate install will require some 'hacksaw work' as the opening is a outward bend of the mast's luff slot.
for Bob's boats the mast is different and a MastGate install requires some measuring and the drilling of a couple of holes.
:: Dave Scobie :: M17 #375 SWEET PEA - www.m17-375.webs.com
________________________________ On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 6:32 AM, Rick Davies <jdavies104@gmail.com> wrote:
No Tom,
I've never heard of bending the stock opening and I'm not sure why you would want to do that. The mast gate doesn't need any change to the opening, and mounts on a shock cord inserted in two holes drilled in the mast. You can see it on mastgates.com. It's an easy installation.
Good luck,
Rick M17 #633 Lynne L
On Saturday, July 27, 2013, Thomas Buzzi wrote:
Hi Rick, Is it true what they say about being able to bend out the stock opening in the mast for the bolt rope by simply tapping it back straight with a block and a hammer without cracking it? That seems like quite a trick.
Regards, Tom B
On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Rick Davies <jdavies104@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Tom,
I installed a mast gate this spring, and it really helps in handling the main. You don't have to mess with removing the sail stop, dropping a slug and replacing the stop (if you haven't dropped it OB) when you're reefing, etc. Should have done it years ago.
Rick M17 #633 Lynne L