For a junk rig mast, that is. A 35' composite light pole manufactured by - get this - Shakespeare, the fishing rod company. lol
It's maybe for Katie the Ariel, maybe for Sundance the A-30.
I'm in the process of moving off the I-36, and back onto Katie. Plan to load her up with everything I want to have for 'down the road', and see if, with my interior mods in mind and roughed-in into temporary place, she will work out to have the stowage I need for the long haul. A few weeks of living aboard with all that should tell the tale.
If not - then Sundance.
Right now tho I'm trying to figure out how to get a 35' long - but only 130 lb - pole from near Atlanta to here in Gtown. I have some ideas to do with boat trailers and fetching it myself, but will wait and see if I can get it picked up and delivered by a trucker person instead.
My almost 90 year old mother has come down with dementia and aphasia. She is a few years into it now, but not so bad that she doesn't know who her kids are yet. Our names do escape her at times, and I know worse than that is an eventuality. I cannot leave her until she no longer knows or cares whether or not I am here. At that time, Good Lord willin' and the creek don't rise, I'll become as Franks post puts it, someone living their dream again, instead of simply dreaming about it.
Also, my best friend Barque the Crewdog is 13 now and it is telling. It is getting difficult for him to go up/down the companionway, and slippery surfaces are tricky as well. So I know there's a pile of loss in my future to deal with, before I get to cut the docklines...
Still have lots of work to do, either way with either boat. Thinking about Youtubing it. Tho' single old guys with no bikinis aboard don't get the "famousness" of those who do, maybe enough folks would like it to make it worthwhile.
Anyone with a 25'ish foot long trailer happen to be traveling from Hotlanta this way any time soon? I can help pay for your trip... :D
I'm always at a loss when it comes to tragedy, bad news, the aft end of life's timeline. It's never easy and sadly non-negotiable. But the end of one story usually means the beginning of another. Best of luck through it all.
If you do youtube it, I can't say you'll make any money or get any recognition, but I'll subscribe. It's a lot of work, so I think you really have to enjoy it to make it worth while. Barry "The Old Seadog" Perrins seems to be doing well with nary a bikini in sight, so you never know.