Plastic Classic Forum

Questions! Always questions...

Show of hands how many Tritons out there have foam filled masts from one end to the other?
Mine is solid full... My anchor lights wire is toast, and so is my masthead light. I'm pondering how to ream out the foam and successfully pull a new one. May have to see what will chemically dissolve the foam...

Were any rigged with internal halyards? I'm having trouble procuring a pad-eye for an external halyard for the jib... Mine is mostly cast aluminum, where it hasn't been worn away. Spinnaker padeye is a custom stainless jobber with a bunch of screws holding it in place.

Is the extrusion the same as the Alberg 30?

Thanks guys,

Zach

Hi Zach....the original mast on Triton 185 has no foam in the extrusion. I still have the mast, but have replaced it with a new one.

I once had to rewire a Pearson (not a triton, 80's vintage) and the mast had huge foam blocks in it. I think three-ish.
Ended up making a hole saw out of a piece of looong PVC pipe.
Worked amazingly well.

The mast on 188 is filled with chunks of soft foam. It resists getting pulled out and the mast wiring is anchored along the inside of the mast, making wiring changes more difficult than it seems it should be.
David

Thanks guys!

I'll rig up a hole saw and see how much foam is really in there.

Zachary,

I'm envisioning a hole saw arbor, hole saw that slips inside our outside the pipe... no drill bit, and a bolt through the holes in the saw... How did you rig yours?

Thanks!

Perhaps you could cut some teeth onto a pvc coupling with a coping saw or die grinder w/ carbide burr to use as the hole saw. it would just stick right onto the end of the PVC pipe.

I thing that the main issue will be chip removal. You will have to cut a little then pull the whole rig out and get rid of some foam, rinse and repeat until done.

drew

Drew wrote:Perhaps you could cut some teeth onto a pvc coupling with a coping saw or die grinder w/ carbide burr to use as the hole saw. it would just stick right onto the end of the PVC pipe.

I bet that would work well. I do something similar to roll pins and use in a drill motor to extract screws.