[Rhodes22-list] Mast raising land or water

[Linda Scott]

Mike,
I'm also a bungee hater.  We use Velcro Cinch Strap Fasteners to secure all
the pieces-parts of the mast assembly when we tow our boat.  They're fast
and strong.  Plastic zip ties are great for securing your coiled back stays
to the rail.
Steve.

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The little bungee's with the ball are a great idea!  

We trailer Muireann all the time (though I'm sorely tempted to get her a
berth in Cleveland Harbor this season) and have been refining our trailer
rigging technique.  We started out rigging her the same way Stan's crew
rigged her when we picked her up.  Gradually we refined things to get the
rig time down to under an hour.  We leave the mast crane on the boat when
rigging for the road, leaving it attached, covering it with a canvas bag,
and tying it to the front deck cleat.  We leave the upper shrouds attached,
coil them, and tape them to the spreaders.  We leave the aft stays attached,
coil them, tape them, and hang them over the top of the mast crutch.  But we
have been using bits of rope to secure the furled genoa, boom, and lower
shrouds into a nice bundle .... your little bungees sound like a better
solution!  Maybe even knock another five minutes off our rig times!

Thanks!

Mike




Joe Babb wrote:
> 
> Ken,
> Sharon and I have raised the mast of Harmony over land, on water at a 
> dock, and on water at anchor in a quiet cove.
> It's all possible.  All the things the others have mentioned are 
> important.  You might consider wearing a pfd over water just in case as 
> well as putting down the swim ladder (40 degree water, brrrrr).  I have 
> a system that works pretty well for me.  I have a small plastic box that 
> contains one of everything I need (clevis pins, screws, etc) that I keep 
> closed unless I'm removing a part.  I still need to attach some sort of 
> bobber to the box.  I keep spares of everything in a separate tool bag 
> that stays in the cockpit.  I have made an outline of the procedure to 
> refer to before raising and lowering.  We trailer sail, so we do this 
> quite a bit, but in the heat of battle I worry about raising the mast 
> without removing ALL the bungies I've used to hold the jib to the mast.  
> So a simple outline helps.
> BTW, I've found a 1000 uses for the bungies that are made as loops with 
> a plastic ball.  You can get them in various sizes.  I use them to help 
> hold the jib and boom to the mast when we pack up to go on the road.  I 
> also use them to hold the backstays and main shrouds to the rear mast 
> crutch.  It makes a neat controllable coil.
> Hope this helps,
> Joe
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