[Rhodes22-list] Mast raising

[Graham Stewart]

Robert:
My wife and I have raised and lowered the mast according to Stan's
instructions for about 25 years and neither of us is particularly strong. I
stand on the foredeck and begin the lift manually and my wife is able to
haul the mast up with the mainsheet on her own. I just stabilize the mast on
the way up. You must be doing something wrong.

What do you mean when you say "it was pushed so far over the bow that it
stated to see saw". I don't understand what you are experiencing. 

My mast balances on the bow pulpit. I straddle and sit on the mast while I
inset the pin through the mast sep and mast after which is stays in place
while I rig the boom and set the shrouds etc.


Graham Stewart
Agile, Rodes 22, 1976
Kingston Ontario





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Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 10:25 PM
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Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Mast raising

Tried raising the mast today with a friend. Read all the directions and the
two of us were unable to lift it especially when it was pushed so far over
the bow that it stated to see saw. Are there any videos showing how two
people can lift the mast, boom and jib in what Stan says should only take a
few minutes.



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