[Rhodes22-list] mast raising
jbconnolly at comcast.net
jbconnolly at comcast.net
Thu Oct 16 18:45:51 EDT 2003
Morg,
I have only done the mast raising and lowering 2-3 times, mostly for practice with Elton and once each "for real". I have not managed to achieve a time of less than one hour (yet) but believe it to ba achievable as attested to by those who have done it.
Aside from fast, it is easy. I tore cartilage in my knee before hauling the boat this fall. I couldn't climb so I pressed my wife into service to lower the mast. With no training she did it without difficulty, but we took a while and were careful not to break anything.
Jim Connolly
s/v Inisheer
1985
>
> 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
>
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