[Rhodes22-list] How does my mast jack work?

[ROGER PIHLAJA]

Hi Kenwood,

The male pin and tabernacle in the picture looks like it’s designed to plug into the cockpit socket for the galley table.  The guy lines look like they would attach to the stern cleats and the winches port and starboard and would hold the gin pole vertical.  Do you have a block that attaches to the forestay?  It looks like you would run a halyard to the block on the bow forestay, then back to the block on the end of the gin pole, and down to the winch.

This is very different from the mast raising system on my boat.  On my boat, the base of the gin pole attaches to a fitting on the leading edge of the cabin roof.  The forward lower side stays are attached to the gin pole near the upper end.  The winch line on the gin pole runs to the bow cleat.  To step the mast, the gin pole starts vertical and pivots downward from its base towards the bow as the mast is winched upward.

Stan went thru a number of different versions of the mast stepping system.  You must have an early version.

Never having used your system, I can’t comment on how well it works.  I think I have the newest version and it works pretty well.

Roger Pihlaja
S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
1978. Sanford, MI

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> On Jun 29, 2024, at 2:39 PM, Kenwood _ <kenwood364 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> All the reading I've done online talks about a ginpole but... Mine doesn't
> rly look like that? It has a socket and foot that looks like it's.meant to
> socket into the cockpit. I don't understand! I was planning on dismantling
> the whole thing and turning it into a ginpole by removing the foot and
> adding a rubber plate. What do you all think though? Is this simpler to use
> than I think?
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> Thanks!
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