[Rhodes22-list] Raising the Mast without a Crane

[John Lock]

At 09:55 AM 7/19/2007 -0400, you wrote:
>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.

Yes, but when you first attach them, there is a lot of slack until 
you get the mast a good ways up.  If the mast starts sideways in the 
first few feet, they won't help much.

Cheers!

John Lock
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s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
Lake Sinclair, GA
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