by fatjackdurham » Sat Jul 29, 2017 9:30 pm
Yes, the opening where you feed the sail.
Since this boat shows so many signs of serious damage that was repaired, I am guessing she had some kind of accident. I don't think this is the original mast. In fact, I am pretty sure the boat was salvaged, or cobbled together. It reminds me of the boats we had at summer camp. So many had collected over the years, parts, masts, booms came and went. Each year we put them together until we had enough to have sailing class.
I fixed it by drilling out the rivets and re riveting the strap on lower down. I used stainless 3/16th rivets and it was all I could do to pop them.