[Rhodes22-list] Raising the Mast without a Crane

[John Lock]

At 11:26 AM 7/19/2007 -0500, Rik Sandberg wrote:

>Loosen it ..... Not remove it.

There's no way my mast will go forward with that bolt in 
place.  Maybe we have different tabernacles.  Mine is hinged on the 
aft side of the mast (using that bolt).  It's physically impossible 
for it to go forward without ripping the whole thing off the cabin top.

Cheers!
John

>John Lock wrote:
> > At 11:34 AM 7/19/2007 -0400, R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:
> >
> >
> >> I loosen the bolt that attaches the mast to the tabernackle, but 
> I never  had
> >> to do anything special to lower it to the bow. This method does require a
> >> third person to handle the forestay and genny on the ground.
> >>
> >
> > So you don't have a problem with the mast trying to scoot backwards
> > as it lowers?  I thought you needed to have the bolt in place the
> > base wouldn't go walking.  But then again, I've done this exactly,
> > let's seee.... once ;-)  I'll definitely give that a try this winter
> > when she comes out.
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > John Lock
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> > Lake Sinclair, GA
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