[Rhodes22-list] Raising the Mast without a Crane

[Arthur H. Czerwonky]

John,
You are correct.  Rik is unfamiliar with your mast rig.  Can you post a snapshot for others to see?
Art

-----Original Message-----
>From: John Lock <jlock at relevantarts.com>
>Sent: Jul 19, 2007 12:59 PM
>To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Raising the Mast without a Crane
>
>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
>> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> > s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
>> > Lake Sinclair, GA
>> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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