[Rhodes22-list] cross over stays

[foredeckguy]

Mary Lou, 
Thanks for your quick reply. We're in the middle ground between O.C. and
Chincotegue on Chincotegue Bay, great spot. 
I don't have the mast crane or use extenders on the lowers. Using the
trailer winch, I am just looking to keep the mast from moving side to side
while raising it.  What I am doing is never going to be as elegant as the
mast crane. I am just looking for a safe way for one person to raise the
mast on Coquina.    

Mary Lou Troy-2 wrote:
> 
> Hi Gary,
> Another Rhodes on the Eastern Shore! My husband Fred says he used to 
> go crabbing at Public Landing. (I said where the heck is Public Landing?!)
> 
> Not sure but in the reference you saw, Stan may have been referring 
> to the use of the aft lower stays in one version of the General Boats 
> mast raising system. We have that version. The aft lowers go to the 
> winch end of the crane (the other end of the crane fastens to a piece 
> of starboard on the cabin top.) The forward lowers get extenders and 
> help steady the load on the way up or down (mast starts from or 
> lowers to a crutch on the stern rail). The effect is crossed stays. 
> The aft lowers going forward to the crane and the forward lowers 
> pointing aft as the mast goes up or down. Newer versions of the 
> system use a line from the winch to a bail on the mast. I believe the 
> forward stays still get extenders. The aft lowers would just get 
> attached and wouldn't come into play except when the mast is vertical.
> 
> Mary Lou
> 1991 R22 Fretless
> Rock Hall, MD
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> At 09:43 PM 5/19/2009, you wrote:
>>My '79 Rhodes Continental has a conventional mast and is raised with 
>>the boat on the trailer using the winch, extender pole and pulley to 
>>lift the mast from the stern. I am usually short handed to launch 
>>and retrieve. While searching the the archive saw a reference from 
>>Stan about to using cross over stays to stabilize the mast during 
>>raising. I have been all over the archive and can not find any 
>>additional info about cross over stays.
>>Gary
>>s/v Coquina
>>Snow Hill, MD (soon to be in the water at Public Landing, MD)
>>
>>
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