[Rhodes22-list] mast raising

[Jim Terry]

Hello Morgan,
I will be going out today on my boat. From the time I get to the boat launch
until the boat is in the water with the mast up and all the sail control
ropes in place and the motor running it takes 45 minutes and I do it alone.
It takes about 30 minutes to get the mast up and secure and about 15 minutes
to launch and get the sail controll ropes in place. I have the mast raising
system and inner mast furling system and I am 61 years old. It takes about
the same amount of time to get the boat on the trailer and ready to travel.
Jim Terry
Franklin, Louisiana
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Finelli" <ronfinelli at att.net>
To: <pungobean at earthlink.net>; "The Rhodes 22 mail list"
<rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 10:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] mast raising


> As others have said - raising & lower mast with GB's mast raising system
> really is easy.
>
> Up until this year, I didn't have the mast raising system and found I
could
> raise or lower the mast with one other healthy man - it was helfpul to
have
> an extra person with the shrouds.  (I have the IMF main & GB furler).
>
> Time either way is about 45-60 minutes.  If a person did it more often (I
> only set up in the spring and take it down in the fall), I'm sure you
could
> get it to half an hour or perhaps more.
>
> Ron Finelli
> Minneapolis, MN
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Morgan Daniels" <pungobean at earthlink.net>
> To: <Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 5:57 PM
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] mast raising
>
>
> >
> >    Hi,
> >
> >    Stan of GB asked me to write to the list to get an unbiased answer to
> >    my question concerning raising the mast. How difficult is it to do
> >    with the main, jib, and boom attached? It looks like I would be
moving
> >    a heavy piece of metal into place and then raising it up. Since I am
> >    not the Arnold Sch. type it looks difficult even with the mast
raising
> >    device. I also would like to know if it takes under an hour to raise
> >    the mast and launch, or retrieve.  I would be using the boat on Lake
> >    Champlain, Long Island Sound, and the islands around Rockland ,
Maine.
> >    Thus trailering to these spots and then preparing the boat is a
> >    concern I have. Thanks for any help.
> >
> >    Morg
> >
> >    --- Morgan Daniels
> >
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