[Rhodes22-list] mast raising procedures

[Bill Effros]

Peter,

Just got to this.  Same answer.

Bill Effros

Slim wrote:

>Peter,
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>The forward lowers should have the 8" extensions added and then connected to
>their chain plates.  These help to prevent side sway in the mast as it's
>going up (or down)  As the mast gets higher, the upper shrouds take over to
>prevent the sway.  Both uppers and forward lowers combine to prevent the
>sway.  That leaves the aft lowers available to hook up to the crane.
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>I can see where your method (using the forward lowers to the crane) would
>certainly save some time, but it's not as safe.  I usually do this procedure
>on the water, so any waves or rocking the boat would cause the mast to sway
>from side to side, so I need to use the four shrouds to prevent that.
>
>Hope this helps,
>
>Slim
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>On 6/10/05 4:37 PM, "Peter Thorn" <pthorn at nc.rr.com> wrote:
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>>Slim and Bill,
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>>Thanks for posting the mast procedures again.  Now that I've tried it a few
>>times, it makes a lot more sense and the reading is certainly a little more
>>interesting.  However I was surprised to read the part about connecting the
>>*aft* lowers to the mast crane.
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>>Raven doesn't seem to be set up that way.  On Raven, the forward lowers have
>>fast-pins and all the other turnbuckles are fixed with ring-dings.  So, I
>>connected the forward lowers to the crane and everything worked just fine -
>>it's actually less work than you both describe.  The fast-pins speed the
>>connection from the crane hoist to the chainplates a little bit too.  When I
>>checked the rig tension with the Loos gauge everything was within specs,
>>except the forward lowers needed a little tightening as one might expect.
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>>I know I'm pretty lucky that Mark and the other previous owners took such
>>thought and care in setting up Raven quite nicely.  But I still wonder if I'm
>>missing something:  why do the instructions call for connecting the *aft*
>>lowers to the crane?  To paraphrase Rumsfeld "I don't know what I don't know".
>>Does it make a difference which lowers you use?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>PT
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