[Rhodes22-list] Raising the Mast without a Crane

[Hank]

John,

Did you use the side stays as a side to side stabilizer?  I think that is
how it is done with Stan's system.

Hank


On 7/19/07, John Lock <jlock at relevantarts.com> wrote:
>
> At 08:50 AM 7/19/2007 -0400, Hank wrote:
> >I plan to raise my mast shortly and I don't have a trailier or mast
> raising
> >system from Stan.  Don't intend to do it enough to justify the
> cost.  Here
> >is what I plan to do, please let me know you opinions.
>
> I tried something very similar and failed.  There are several
> problems you will encounter -
>
> 1) The people on the ground pulling cannot exert much leverage until
> the mast is pretty well on its way up.  In other words, the person(s)
> on the boat will be doing all the work to get it started until about
> 30 degrees up.  Then the person on the boat has to scramble and keep
> up with the rapidly rising mast to stabilize it.
>
> 2) When the lifting starts, there is no lateral stabilizing
> mechanism.  The person(s) in the boat have to do all the lifting AND
> try to keep it straight.  Unless you have very strong, very tall
> people, it's almost impossible to lift and keep it
> straight.  Especially if your front-puller gets even a little out of
> whack.  The mast will start to drift to one side and exert far more
> force than you can control by hand.
>
> Now, if you have enough people, you could rig side lines for 2 more
> folks to keep the thing straight.  But now you're talking about
> coordinating the efforts of 4+ people to all pull evenly.  I wouldn't
> try it again.  Without some mechanical means to raise the mast.
>
> Cheers!
>
> John Lock
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