So I bought an old unloved '76 laser from someone's shed, and I'm hoping to make it floatable for this summer as a knockabout. Restoration thread anyone?
This is my first time dealing with lasers, and I didn't spot an issue when I picked it up - after a double-take on the lower mast section, I measured it to be 2050mm long, which, upon checking the officiale website, seems very non-standard. It has no evidence of being shortened, stressed, broken, etc. In my experience, aluminium never cuts or breaks quite so cleanly. Why would the lower section be so abnormally short? Am I looking at an aborted sleeving job?
Top end of the lower spar (left).
I'm considering using a very similar mast section (right), which has the same internal diameter, but is about 1mm thicker (and still fits).
For a knockabout boat, what's the worst that could happen?
This is my first time dealing with lasers, and I didn't spot an issue when I picked it up - after a double-take on the lower mast section, I measured it to be 2050mm long, which, upon checking the officiale website, seems very non-standard. It has no evidence of being shortened, stressed, broken, etc. In my experience, aluminium never cuts or breaks quite so cleanly. Why would the lower section be so abnormally short? Am I looking at an aborted sleeving job?
Top end of the lower spar (left).
I'm considering using a very similar mast section (right), which has the same internal diameter, but is about 1mm thicker (and still fits).
For a knockabout boat, what's the worst that could happen?