[Rhodes22-list] Robert Brower

[Bill Effros]

Dave,

I can't get it down to 3 minutes on the Rhodes, but it can be done much 
faster than most people do it.  You get better with practice.  I find it 
exhilarating when the mast goes up, but a little sad when it goes down.

Bill Effros

Bradley, David wrote:

>I've found stepping the mast on my O'Day to be the most exhilarating 3
>minutes of the year...   looking forward to trying in on an R22.
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>Dave
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>Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 10:57 AM
>To: Hank; R22 List
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Robert Brower
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>Hank,
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>I'm in Greenwich, Ct.
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>The "yard" is Town owned and well sheltered.  The only time they have 
>ever experienced major problems with storms (and of course they 
>sometimes hit here, too) was on land with boats that toppled onto other 
>boats.  When I look at pictures of boatyards after storms, that seems to
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>be the biggest problem if you know how to keep your boat where you put 
>it, either on the water or on land.
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>On water we have way oversized mushroom anchors that must be inspected 
>once every 3 years.  This is a pain, too, and there's a guy who makes a 
>handsome living doing it, however, I must say, boats on water don't 
>crash into each other, either--for the most  part.
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>There is some sense to lowering the mast, it does protect neighboring 
>boats, and if you have to do it all the time you install quick couples, 
>everything stays lubed, the second time is much easier than the first, 
>you can do all your mast maintenance at one time and avoid ever climbing
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>the mast.
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>Some people like to climb the mast.  I'm not one of them.
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>Bill Effros
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>Hank wrote:
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>>Bill,
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>>Where are you located?  Here in the Chesapeake, many pull the boats 
>>for the winter, but nobody pulls the mast.  I've pulled the mast on my
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>>boat once for shipping and it was not an easy procedure.  Had to 
>>disconnect all of the electronics, disconnect hardware below and 
>>remove fittings from the mast below the deck as I am keel-stepped.  On
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>>putting it back in, the collar was the most difficult part, although 
>>we eventually figured out the KY jelly worked best for getting it back
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>>into place.  Lubed well without breaking down the rubber.  The whole 
>>process was not a lot of fun, and I certainly wouldn't want to repeat 
>>it any time soon.
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>>Hank
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>>On 9/23/05, *Bill Effros* <bill at effros.com <mailto:bill at effros.com>> 
>>wrote:
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>>    Hank,
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>>    It's for everybody, but it's not applied.  They get a guy to come
>>    in with a huge cherry picker on a single day after all boats are
>>    on land.  They take down all the masts for a few bucks each.  I
>>    forget the amount, but it's pretty trivial because they do 20-30
>>    boats a day.  They know how to do it, they have a crew on the boat
>>    and a guy in the cherry picker.  They have all the equipment they
>>    need.  I've watched them for several hours and not seen a single
>>    mast even come close to being hurt.
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>>    I left mine up last year and the IMF clew came loose and flailed
>>    until the sail was torn to shreds.  I had to replace several
>>    panels, wound up with a sail that isn't quite the right shape, and
>>    will never do that again.
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>>    Bill Effros
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>>    Hank wrote:
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>>>Bill,
>>>Is the mast down requirement just for small boats? What about larger
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>boats
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>>>where taking the mast down is a complicated affair? I know if my yard
>>>required me to take down the mast of my Islander 36, I'd be looking
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>for a
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>>>new yard.
>>>Just curious,
>>>Hank
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