[Rhodes22-list] Mast Step Popped

[Charles Nieman]

An 8 ft 2X6 with carefully placed bent bolts will fit in the rudder guide holes and is just about perfect height to keep the mast high enough to not pop the step (I did it too...twice). Not certain it is high enough to use the trailer winch to raise the mast, never tried that!

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Charles 

On Sep 13, 2011, at 1:45 PM, "Lowe, Rob" <rlowe at vt.edu> wrote:

> David,
> I've done about the same thing.  I don't have a mast crutch and when the mast lays on the stern rail, it does want to pop the mast plate off.  I'm planning on building some sort of PVC mast crutch for this fall when we pull the boat.  Now what was really embarrassing and annoying is when we launched last spring.  I use the trailer winch to pull up the mast.  The mast was lying on the stern rail and my wife was cranking on the winch.  Damn mast would not come up so she cranked harder.  Pow!  There went the mast step.  The force had pulled the mast forward, not up.  Had to take the whole boat home to repair.  Now I've learned to elevate the mast off the rail before winching.  Sigh.  - rob
> 
> 
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> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 9:08 PM
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> 
> Rob,
> 
> I was raising the mast from the back using the crutch that hangs off the
> transom.  
> 
> As we started to raise the mast, we realized we need to manuever the jib
> around a shroud.   He set the mast down on back rail and not back in the
> crutch.  It was enough leverage, with the pop top acting as a fulcrum to pop
> the plate off.
> 
> I drilled out the holes today.  The wood is damp but not deteriorating.  I
> think it treated Southern Yellow Pine.  It will be dry for a week here,
> enough time for it dry well before repairing.  The glass is intact, except
> for one spot around the fore screw.  A quarter size piece, about half the
> thickness popped out.
> 
> I think the epoxy repair should last for a good while with careful raising
> and lowering......
> 
> David Craft
> 
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