[Rhodes22-list] Mast Crane and DC Happy Hour

[Mary Lou Troy]

Dave,
The key to the whole mast raising system is the crane which attaches 
to the block on the cabin top. It has a winch at the other end. The 
line from the winch goes to the foredeck cleat. You wind up the line 
on the winch, the crane acts as a lever to raise the mast. The whole 
thing gives you plenty of leverage and power to easily raise the 
mast. We have the version which uses the stays. The bail is simply a 
more convenient attachment point - I believe Slim said it is 
throughbolted. Bails come in all weights and sizes. You can get very 
sturdy ones for attaching boom vangs to booms. I wouldn't want to use 
a pad eye attached with machine screws because of the forces 
involved. The pad eye is great for the whisker pole which doesn't 
apply any direct outward force.

Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Rock Hall, MD



At 03:30 PM 7/23/2007, you wrote:

>Slim,
>
>Thanks for the bail description - I think I understand, but it seems
>strange.  I assuming you are talking about a spinning reel and not a 
>fly or  bait
>casting reel, right?  I'm surprised that relatively thin piece 
>of  metal can take
>the load.  Why wouldn't a pad eye work just as well?
>
>What's connected to the bail and then to the winch?  Do you have a  pre-cut
>length of chain, or heavy line?  Snap shackles on the ends?
>
>For those of us without bails, do you think just wrapping a line  around the
>mast several times instead of having that bail through bolted would  work?
>Maybe with a sheet of sticky material between the line and 
>the  aluminum mast so
>that the attachment point wouldn't slip down as the mast was  winched up.
>
>Dave
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