[Rhodes22-list] beaching....question about mast raising

[Ellyn and Sam Moore]

I , too, use the mast as a gin pole in my system. The mast is raised from the bow. The boom is mounted in its usual place on the mast. The mast is horizontal, pivoting on its bolt at the step, the boom is at right angle to it,i.e., vertical. The main halyard is one side of the triangle, running from the masthead to the aft, or clew end of the boom. The mainsheet pulls from there to a bridle at the transom. I rig lines from this same point (clew end of boom), to a 6 inch piece of chain attached to each outer chainplate, producing a pivot point in common with the mast bolt. I use the aft inner stays temporarily attached to the same chains to keep the mast from falling to either side . The  mast has always been under control, with the mechanical advantage of the mainsheet allowing easy raising and lowering. The mainsheet cam-cleat allows cleating off to clear fouling when it happens. I have not made any pictures or videos of the process.
Sam 

 Kantor wrote:

> James
> Can you please explain how you use the boom as a gin pole?  Where does it pivot?  I saw an idea on the web somewhere where the boom/mast joint was made solid by PVC T fitting over that joint.   In that case the pivot was at the mast step.  Placing the gin pole pivot offset from the mast pivot significantly reduces the effort required to move the mast.  Do you lift up towards the bow or stern?
> 
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Jeff Kantor
> sirius1 at canusmajor.com
> 917-825-5380
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