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[quote=the-renovator]Baraca, please have a look at my album on how I repaired my mast base on a GCat 5.0....[url]http://www.thebeachcats.com/pictures/?g2_itemId=88636[/url]...and do yourself a favor and remove that mast rotator spar just as I did.

But I think you are going to have to take a more aggressive approach with that damage and remove 2-3 inches off the mast foot to get to virgin aluminum, which means you will have to move the gooseneck location up 2-3 inches and reinstall that. But you will have to see just how much space you have above the mainsail headboard to see if you have 2-3 inches to play with. The mainsail goes all the way up to the mast head casting if I remember correctly.

You cannot just rivet a strip of aluminum around the base, reinsert mast base, use a wood mallet to mold mast foot back into shape around mast base, seal with silicone,drill new holes and rivet into place,fill major holes with JB Waterweld, mast must be watertight. There are not many spare parts for the GCat out there, what caused that damage?[/quote]

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