[Rhodes22-list] Mast Raising

[Rik Sandberg]

Jim,

Nothing wrong with what you are doing at all, as long as you are strong 
enough to lift the mast. :-) The only point I was trying to make was, one 
cannot move the mast down to the aft rail until AFTER he has put the foot 
of the mast up on the bow pulpit.

What Slim and I were discussing was lowering the mast from upright, 
directly to the aft rail, without using the mast crutch on the transom. 
This cannot be done with a normal R 22. The mast will hit the companionway 
sliding hatch. As I said, once you have removed the mast foot from the 
tabernacle and set it up on the bow pulpit, the mast clearing the 
companionway hatch is not a problem.

Rik


At 04:30 PM 4/23/2004, you wrote:
>Slim,
>
>When I stored the boat last fall, I took the mast out of the crutch, laid it
>on the stern rail (off-center), removed the mast crutch and centered the
>mast for winter storage.  I plan to reverse the process, so I'll be lifting
>the mast from the stern rail and placing it into the (previously installed)
>crutch.
>
>I am 6'2" with long arms, so I have a good reach.  As I recall, I still had
>to lift and walk forward to clear the crutch sides.  I don't recall whether
>I had to stand on the seats.
>
>I'm not sure why this would not work, but if this is a bad idea, please let
>me know.
>
>Jim Connolly
>s/v Inisheer
>'84 recycled '03
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
>[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Steve Alm
>Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 3:40 AM
>To: Rhodes
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Mast Raising
>
>When I tarp the boat for the winter, I remove the mast crutch and lower the
>mast down to the stern rail.  This provides a ridge for my tarp.  Today, the
>only thing that I struggled with a little was getting the crutch back in
>place with the mast up on it. A second person would have made this a lot
>easier but there wasn't anyone around.  So here's the question:  Can you
>raise the mast with the hoist, in the usual way, if the mast is down to the
>stern rail without the crutch?  Apart from giving the mast a nice place to
>rest, and also the crutch roller makes it easier to walk the mast fore and
>aft between the tabernacle and the bow pulpit, is the crutch really
>essential?  Or, does it have to be that high?  I realize that the farther
>down you go, the more stress there is on the hoisting system so maybe
>therein lies my answer.  It would be a bigger pull on the bow cleat, the
>crane, the tabernacle and the aft lowers.  Just thought I'd ask.  Anyone?
>
>Slim
>
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