[Rhodes22-list] Mast raising land or water

Fri Apr 30 17:33:38 EDT 2010

Bob,

So are my knees - Oh, never mind, thought you said shins.

Mike
s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
Nissequogue River, NY

From: "Bob Keller" Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 5:24 PM
>
> Jim,
>
> So did I - my shims are shot...
>
>> Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:39:02 -0400
>> From: jbconnolly at comcast.net
>> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Mast raising land or water
>>
>> I bought the bail. It is inexpensive and speeds up launching. I did not 
>> damage the spreader brackets but did destroy the shims between the 
>> brackets and the mast using the aft lower stays.
>>
>> Jim Connolly
>> s/v Inisheer
>> '85 recycled '03
>>
>> "Arthur H. Czerwonky" <czerwonky at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>> >Mike,
>> >You know that GB now uses a bail, attached to the mast front, rather 
>> >than attaching the crane to the aft lower stays. They might send you one 
>> >if you ask. I can assure you it is kinder to the spreader bracket, which 
>> >will become distorted with repeated use, until it has to be replaced by 
>> >Dwyer at $40+.
>> >Art
>> >
>> >
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >>From: Mike Cheung <hmcheung57 at gmail.com>
>> >>Sent: Apr 30, 2010 10:05 AM
>> >>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>> >>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Mast raising land or water
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>Bob,
>> >>
>> >>Very interesting innovations!
>> >>
>> >>Any chance of photos of the bow rail modification? With the PVC tube
>> >>extension for supporting the furler, I'm having trouble visualizing how 
>> >>you
>> >>attached the mast base to the receptacle you describe. Do you have a 
>> >>hole
>> >>drilled through the PVC extension so that it's held at a fixed position 
>> >>with
>> >>the same bolt that attaches the mast base to the bow rail receptacle?
>> >>
>> >>Sorting out which of the bundled stays are the two I want (the aft 
>> >>lowers)
>> >>and getting them fed to the winch correctly can take a few moments of
>> >>looking befuddled, but doesn't seem too bad. Your bail and rope set up
>> >>would leave that until the mast is up when it should be much easier. I
>> >>would "miss" the redundancy that using the two aft lowers provides. If 
>> >>one
>> >>were somehow to fail or not have been securely attached to the mast 
>> >>crane,
>> >>the other should really have no trouble supporting the mast. Do you 
>> >>leave
>> >>the aft lowers attached when you trailer? That would save a bit of 
>> >>rigging
>> >>time. That does beg the question - why not leave the aft lowers 
>> >>attached
>> >>and use the forward lowers to bring the mast up? The forward lowers 
>> >>have to
>> >>be detached anyway or you wouldn't be able to lower the mast.
>> >>
>> >>Thanks for the ideas and I really would love to see pics of your bow
>> >>receptacle.
>> >>
>> >>Mike
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>Bob Keller wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> I have raised and lowered my mast so many times over the past 8+ 
>> >>> years of
>> >>> owning the boat that I do it without having to give it much thought
>> >>> anymore. I think I'm probably better at putting the mast up and down 
>> >>> than
>> >>> I am at actually sailing the boat! The three biggest improvements I 
>> >>> have
>> >>> made to the whole exercise and trailering (aside from a new trailer 
>> >>> which
>> >>> makes all the difference) is (1) the mast bail set-up so that you can
>> >>> attach the winch to the mast using rope instead of having to 
>> >>> disconnect
>> >>> the aft lower shrouds. Doesn't sound like much but it is a big time 
>> >>> and
>> >>> hassle saver. (2) Had a mast receptacle welded on the bow rail so 
>> >>> that the
>> >>> bottom of the mast slips in and locks for trailering and (3) using 
>> >>> zip
>> >>> ties exclusively for holding down the mast and stays while 
>> >>> trailering. I
>> >>> use three different sizes and have some real large ones that I use to 
>> >>> hold
>> >>> the mast at the bow and stern and to hold the stays. They really 
>> >>> don't
>> >>> cost much and are a big time saver.
>> >>>
>> >>> Bob K
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>-----
>> >>Mike Cheung
>> >>s/v Muireann 1993/2008 Rhodes 22
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