[Rhodes22-list] Mast Raising Party

[Kathy Barron]

 Raising and lowering the mast on the water is easily accomplished, as Stan and his crew did for our first sail in Edenton. However, just one thing to consider that Jim and I ran into last summer when we needed to replace a spreader cap and topping lift line. When you lower the mast, it will be beyond your reach from the boat, assuming you want to keep the base attached to the electrical wires. So you will need to be able to lower the mast over a stable dock etc.
Kathy


---- cowie <ccowie at cowieassociates.com> wrote: 
> 
> This will actually be my first time lowering the mast before raising it for
> the second time.  Unlike most Rhodes owners I don't have a trailer and plan
> to keep my mast in place unless lowering is required for maintenance.  I
> thought about lowering it while on the hard just for fun but decided not to
> try and fix something that is not broke.  My boat launched last Tuesday and
> I had someone looking at my vhf radio that seems to be getting spotty
> reception.  He pointed out that I am missing the whip on top of my antenna. 
> I think this is an easy fix to simply screw in a new whip but will need to
> lower the mast to do so.  Lowering the mast will also give me a chance to
> better understand why my anchor light is not working.  My power panel has a
> switch for running lights, another for mast head light and a third for
> anchor light.  the mast has two hot wires but only one shows current, the
> mast head light. Probably a lamp issue.
> 
> My question is if lowering and raising the mast while the boat is in the
> water at her slip is a bad idea?  Any suggestions or things to watch out for
> besides not loosing all the turn buckle pins overboard?  I do have the mast
> raising system so I would think it shouldn't be a big deal.
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