[Rhodes22-list] Lowering the mast with Stan's hoist system

[Charles Nieman]

Bob
The only question about doing it on the water (and yes I have) is you are never certain what you hear go "plunk" into the lake during the process. 

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Charles 

> On Mar 29, 2017, at 12:57 PM, rweiss <rweiss at siu.edu> wrote:
> 
> One more related question -- the photos and video I have seen all show this
> process being done on the trailer. Is there any reason why I can't do this
> with the boat in the water? I don't have a trailer and I just plan to lower
> the mast, repair the furling tube and then crank the mast right back up. I
> plan to take the boat out of my slip and move it to a longer section of dock
> where the mast won't interfere with other boats.
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
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> Bob Weiss
> Beach Spring
> 1998 Rhodes 22 Recycled in 2014
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