[Rhodes22-list] Mast Crane and DC Happy Hour

[Arthur H. Czerwonky]

Dave,
Pull up the West Marine site and you can see the difference.  The bail is attached to mast or boom by drilling thru the sides, at right angle to the force vector.  Much more secure than a pad eye.
Art

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>From: DCLewis1 at aol.com
>Sent: Jul 23, 2007 3:30 PM
>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Mast Crane and DC Happy Hour
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>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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