[Rhodes22-list] cross over stays

[Andrew Collins]

Gary

I like Todd's advice. My mast raising crane took a walk a couple of weeks
ago, so I am going to try and raise my IMF mast tomorrow using the trailer
winch. I see no reason why using the aft lowers to raise (attached to the
winch) and having the forward lowers attached to the chain plates with 8"
extensions would not work. This is SOP out the R22 manual. Now all I need is
a block to put on the bow pulpit rail. I attahced a pdf of the stuff i
pulled out of the archives a couple of years ago.
Anybody done this before?

Andrew
sv Carmen

On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 7:13 PM, Todd Tavares <sprocket80 at mail.com> wrote:

> Gary,
>
>    I think maybe you are overthinking this a bit . If you have a standard
> mast, it cant weigh more than 50 or 60 lbs empty of sail and boom. But
> what I have done is attach eyelets to the side of the mast about 6' up
> from the base. You can attach lines from the eyes to the cabin top
> handrails even with the mast (MacGregor style "baby stays") similar to
> the method outlined in the mast raising instructions on the Rhodes owner
> page http://www.rhodes22.org/doclib/Rhodes22-1988-MastHoist-Raven.pdf.
>
>   If you want to go one step more, then instead of tying the lines off to
> the cabin top handrails, run them through a loop it the handrail, bring
> them foreward and tie them off right near the winch.  That way if the
> mast leans when raising, just put pressure on the opposite line and hold
> the mast vertical.
>
> Todd T.
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: foredeckguy
>  To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>  Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] cross over stays
>  Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 15:45:53 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>
>  Stan,
>  I am appealing to you for details about cross over stays, in
>  particular the
>  chain length and which side of the mast to cross the forward inner
>  stays.
>  This is a conventional mast using the the trailer winch thru a pulley
>  to
>  lift the mast but doing this short handed, keeping the mast vertical
>  is
>  really important (and I don't want to guess and either loosing the
>  mast or
>  damaging stay. I saw your post from last year but no one responded on
>  da
>  list with details.
>  Thanks, and good Memorial Day
>  Gary s/v Coquina
>
>
>  foredeckguy 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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