[Rhodes22-list] Mast raising land or water

[Andrew Collins]

Yeah, mine too, but the red rubber washers don't fit ...
Andrew

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On Apr 30, 2010, at 5:33 PM, "Michael D. Weisner"  
<mweisner at ebsmed.com> wrote:

> 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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