[Rhodes22-list] Boat Height

[Lowe, Rob]

On my first Rhodes, I had no mast crutch or the mast raising system and laid the mast on the rail.  I used the trailer wince to raise the mast.  If you leave the mast on the rail and don't lift it up when raising the mast, you're likely to pop the mast step off.  Don't ask me how I know that..... - rob


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From: Rhodes22-list [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Richard Beytagh
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2018 11:20 AM
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Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Boat Height

I've hauled boats for Stan to the Boat show for quite a few years now and many private deliveries and unless there is a reason not to do so, we always haul with the mast in the crutch. The standard bridge height is 14'-16' and with our height being around 12'-13' there is never a problem.
If a semi can go under it so can we!

As Peter points out, it is more convenient to leave the mast in the crutch when you're doing a single-handed mast drop or raise.

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On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 10:22 AM, Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com>
wrote:

> When I picked up my recycled boat at the GBI plant in 2016, the mast 
> was on the crutch.  I’d say that’s an indication that in Stan’s view 
> it’s perfectly OK to leave the mast on the crutch for trailering.
>
> As a side note, I actually find it pretty difficult to take the mast 
> off the crutch.  It needs to be lifted higher than I can comfortably 
> do.  I can do it by putting a step-ladder in the cockpit, but that’s a 
> bit shaky.  I made a crutch like structure out of 2x4’s that I can 
> attach to the front end loader of my tractor to help me get the mast 
> on or off the crutch when I need to, but obviously I can only use that at home.
>
> Oh, and for my earlier posting about boat height on the trailer, that 
> estimate was with the mast down on the fore and aft pulpits.
>
> Peter Nyberg
> Coventry, CT
> s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)
>
>
> > On Feb 16, 2018, at 9:03 AM, Richard Stott 
> > <ric at stottarchitecture.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Umm - should someone tell Alex that the boom crutch is not intended 
> > to
> be used for trailering?
> > It’s easy to drop the mast off the crutch and onto the stern rail 
> > and
> tie it down - no?
> > Ric
> > sv Dadventure
> >
> > Richard Stott
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