Mast Foot

I made the mast foot according to the design mentioned in the plans for IsabellaClassic. The reason for choosing this design is that I haven't made up my mind how to make the short support mast that holds the windsurfing rig up. The design with 3 holes enables testing different solutions and also a possibility to trim the boat a bit by changing in witch hole the mast is.

The mast foot is made of two pieces of 90 X 21mm planks that are glued together. One of the planks has holes for the mast and support mast. Also the steering mechanism is part of the mast foot.

Preparing to glue the pieces together.

Since the pieces did not fit at all I had to find a way to force them straight when gluing them together.

Fabrication of mast foot continues. In the right side of the picture the hole for the M8 bolt that will act as shaft for the steering mechanism can be seen.

The bolt head and washer has to be lowered so that the mast foot can be glued and screwed to the deck. I used a router (seen in the picture above) to make the lowering.

Testing how the mast foot will look on the boat.

First "test drive". Safety is important when ice sailing ;-)

Almost ready for assembly just have to drill the holes for the screws. 

Mast foot was glued and screwed for maximum strength.