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## Picnic Cat Spar Specs 

## Posted by: George Haycraft, Picnic Cat 

ince we were talking about mast, boom, and gaff hardware, I (George Haycraft, PC#29) thought I'd share this summary for any who may be interested. All the spars and rigging fittings are available from the Dwyer Aluminum Mast Co. Go to the page for the spar section you're interested in, and on that page, they list all the hardware fittings for that spar section. Below are listed the web pages, dimensions, and part numbers for our spars. You can order direct. I recommend keeping a spare gooseneck or two around. Those cast aluminum horns for the tack and throat pins are weak points. S 

Hint: If you are replacing the mast and stub after unintentionally prematurely folding the mast down and splitting out the groove, you only need to buy the 12 ft. 7 inch mast section. You can cut three new stub sections from your old mast. 

Wonder how I know this ? ? ? NO, how dare you think that !! I just fixed the carnage. The unintentional premature folding occurred under the previous ownership. 

## Mast (DM-284): 

http://dwyermast.com/items.asp?cat1ID=20&cat1Name=Masts&familyID=35&familyName=DM%2D284+Mast 

## Boom (DM-275): 

http://dwyermast.com/items.asp?cat1ID=30&cat1Name=Booms&familyID=5&familyName=DM%2D275+Boom 

## Gaff (DM-1): 

http://dwyermast.com/items.asp?cat1ID=30&cat1Name=Booms&familyID=3&familyName=DM%2D1+Boom 

## DM-284 Mast 

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Mast length of upper segment is 12ft. 7 in. Mast stub is 53 in. 

Dimensions: 2.12 in. x 2.84 in. 

Weight: .908 lb./ft. 

Ix = .334 in^4 

Iy = .610 in^4 

1/2" and 3/8" slugs shown. 

