[Rhodes22-list] Raising the Mast without a Crane

[Arthur H. Czerwonky]

John,

Unless you have altered the mast rigging considerably this will not work.  The normal rig for the mast bolt can allow for stepping and unstepping to bow or stern, while yours requires to stern.  You do not want to remove or loosen the mast bolt, maybe take the nut loose.

In raising or lowering the mast, the mainsheet with pulleys can he used for the mechanical advantage necessary to provide force toward the bow.  Stan uses the lower rear stays, attached to the crane, which in turn attaches to the forward cleat.  The same can be accomplished with the stays (or halyard, redundancy suggested) attached to a pole, which is attached to the forward cleat via the pulleys of the mainsheet.  The lateral vertical stability can be insured with similar pulleys and resultant MA on each of the sides.  With your mast rig, you want to keep it moving along so that the bottom plate attached to the mast cannot fatigue and/or fail.

Art


-----Original Message-----
>From: John Lock <jlock at relevantarts.com>
>Sent: Jul 19, 2007 11:44 AM
>To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Raising the Mast without a Crane
>
>At 11:34 AM 7/19/2007 -0400, R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:
>
>>I loosen the bolt that attaches the mast to the tabernackle, but I never  had
>>to do anything special to lower it to the bow. This method does require a
>>third person to handle the forestay and genny on the ground.
>
>So you don't have a problem with the mast trying to scoot backwards 
>as it lowers?  I thought you needed to have the bolt in place the 
>base wouldn't go walking.  But then again, I've done this exactly, 
>let's seee.... once ;-)  I'll definitely give that a try this winter 
>when she comes out.
>
>Cheers!
>
>John Lock
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>s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
>Lake Sinclair, GA
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