[Rhodes22-list] mast raising

[jbconnolly at comcast.net]

Morg,

I have only done the mast raising and lowering 2-3 times, mostly for practice with Elton and once each "for real".  I have not managed to achieve a time of less than one hour (yet) but believe it to ba achievable as attested to by those who have done it.  

Aside from fast, it is easy.  I tore cartilage in my knee before hauling the boat this fall.  I couldn't climb so I pressed my wife into service to lower the mast.  With no training she did it without difficulty, but we took a while and were careful not to break anything.

Jim Connolly
s/v Inisheer
1985
> 
>    Hi,
> 
>    Stan of GB asked me to write to the list to get an unbiased answer to
>    my question concerning raising the mast. How difficult is it to do
>    with the main, jib, and boom attached? It looks like I would be moving
>    a heavy piece of metal into place and then raising it up. Since I am
>    not the Arnold Sch. type it looks difficult even with the mast raising
>    device. I also would like to know if it takes under an hour to raise
>    the mast and launch, or retrieve.  I would be using the boat on Lake
>    Champlain, Long Island Sound, and the islands around Rockland , Maine.
>    Thus trailering to these spots and then preparing the boat is a
>    concern I have. Thanks for any help.
> 
>    Morg
> 
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