Greetings!
I bought a Sailstar Explorer 17 (Basically a Daysailor copy) last summer from a guy who had tipped it over in a lake and snapped the mast in half. I paid $1 for the boat. I'm looking at mast sections from Dwyer who made the mast I have. I have been told that rivets are the way to go. Any input on this? People suggest using a sleeve to fit inside the mast, which Dwyer has, they say it's 15" long, and if I recall my mast is 23'. There seems to be mixed opinions about whether to weld the 2 mast halves together after the sleeve is riveted in place. There is also a roughly 1.5 x 1.5" hole punched in the mast about 8 inches from the break.
Thanks!
Peter.