[Rhodes22-list] Mast Raising Party

[cjlowe at sssnet.com]

Two more things-
1-Pull the pin that connects the front of the pop-top to the mast slider
bracket.
2-take a good look around and make sure that a boat won't come by and
throw an ugly wake at you,as you crank down the mast.
OK,three things... You might think about putting a LED anchor light up
there and get rid of the lamp and spring loaded connection issues.It will
use about 10% of the watts of a lamp.

Jerry Lowe



>  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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