[Rhodes22-list] Mast Crane and DC Happy Hour

[DCLewis1 at aol.com]

Slim,
 
Thanks for the bail description - I think I understand, but it seems  
strange.  I assuming you are talking about a spinning reel and not a fly or  bait 
casting reel, right?  I'm surprised that relatively thin piece of  metal can take 
the load.  Why wouldn't a pad eye work just as well?
 
What's connected to the bail and then to the winch?  Do you have a  pre-cut 
length of chain, or heavy line?  Snap shackles on the ends?
 
For those of us without bails, do you think just wrapping a line  around the 
mast several times instead of having that bail through bolted would  work?  
Maybe with a sheet of sticky material between the line and the  aluminum mast so 
that the attachment point wouldn't slip down as the mast was  winched up.
 
Dave
 
 



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