[Rhodes22-list] Mast Crane and DC Happy Hour

[Steven Alm]

Dave,

I added the bail a couple seasons ago when we were doing more trailering and
raising and lowering the mast more often.  With the bail, you don't use the
shrouds to connect to the crane so the shrouds stay connected to the boat
and as I said before, it's one less step to take.  I recommend it if you're
doing a lot of trailering but if you only raise your mast once a season it's
not worth it.

I don't have a picture of it now but think of the bail on a fishing reel.
It's a heavy wire half circle that straddles the reel.  The mast bail is
like that and is through bolted in the mast about 7 feet or so up from the
deck.  It doesn't look like a pad eye.

Slim

On 7/22/07, DCLewis1 at aol.com <DCLewis1 at aol.com> wrote:
>
>
> Slim,
>
> Re attaching that block, thanks, I was afraid that was the right  answer.
> It's too bad though.  It would be nice if you didn't have to  drill and
> mount
> that piece.
>
> Re your bail assembly, if you get a chance, would you please post some
> picts?  We've got a padeye, maybe 2 padeyes, on the front of the mast,
> I'd  thought
> one of them might be "the bail".  Mary Lou straightened me out  about
> that. I
> don't know what to look for regarding the bail.  A pict would  help a lot.
>
> I didn't realize there was a separate bail kit.  Does it make raising  the
> mast much easier than your just using the lower shrouds?  What do you  see
> as
> the tradeoffs?  Is it on your recommended mods list?
>
> Hank, if you don't have that piece mounted on your cabin roof, it
> looks  like
> you will have to drill and mount and then unmount/patch.  Do you
> still  want
> to go with the winch?  It seems to me that given enough people it  ought
> to be
> possible to raise your mast by hand and rope.  A mast crutch  might be
> useful
> to get the mast higher than horizontal to start, but beyond  that, given
> enough rope and leverage it seems to me that 3 or 4 people  ought to be
> able to do
> what 1 guy with the winch can do.  I may be missing  something.  Maybe the
> get together should be at your marina and we can help  get your mast up.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
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