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Seems to me you could wrap a couple of tubes of pipe insulation around the
top 2' of mast. Any foam you stick up there needs to be painted to prevent
sun from killing it in short order.
SF
In a message dated 2/7/00 11:23:53 AM Pacific Standard Time, GUNWALES@aol.com
writes:
<< Brent, Thanks for the note on the floatation panels. They seem like an
ideal
solution. K-Mart and others carry backpacking closed cell foam mattresses
approximately 1/2" thick and very flexible that could be sewn with a little
nylon cloth to form panels for small boats. A square foot of double
thickness
(each side of the sail) should give about 5 # of floatation if my rough
calculations are correct. A square foot of four thicknesses or 2 square feet
of double thickness might do for the P15.
Cliff in Marysville, PA
Brent's note:
Check out the web site at www.sequelsails.com/SS_Pages/flotpanel.html. It
shows a floatation panel that is slipped over the sail and the halyard is
connected through both. They make them for any boat and it does not require
modifying the sail.
Brent Wilson
P-15#657
Lockridge, IA
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