[Rhodes22-list] Mast raising land or water

[Bob Keller]

Mike,

The innovations I described should have been credited to Stan and GB because that's where they came from!  The mast bail allows me to leave the aft lower stay connected all the time and so all I have to do is put the extenders on the forward lowers which is simple.  The mast bail is sturdy and just clips on and off so is quick and easy.  This set-up can be ordered from Stan.  The fitting on the bow rail for the mast I believe may come standard on new boats now, and is another GB innovation that makes it easy to attach the mast when trailering.  The fitting is part of the bow nav light bracket.  Got this from Stan but had to get it welded on top of the exisitng bracket.

 

Don't have pics of either but will try to take some and post.

Bob K
 
> Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:52:02 -0400
> From: czerwonky at earthlink.net
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Mast raising land or water
> 
> Mike,
> You know that GB now uses a bail, attached to the mast front, rather than attaching the crane to the aft lower stays. They might send you one if you ask. I can assure you it is kinder to the spreader bracket, which will become distorted with repeated use, until it has to be replaced by Dwyer at $40+.
> Art
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Mike Cheung <hmcheung57 at gmail.com>
> >Sent: Apr 30, 2010 10:05 AM
> >To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> >Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Mast raising land or water
> >
> >
> >Bob,
> >
> >Very interesting innovations!
> >
> >Any chance of photos of the bow rail modification? With the PVC tube
> >extension for supporting the furler, I'm having trouble visualizing how you
> >attached the mast base to the receptacle you describe. Do you have a hole
> >drilled through the PVC extension so that it's held at a fixed position with
> >the same bolt that attaches the mast base to the bow rail receptacle? 
> >
> >Sorting out which of the bundled stays are the two I want (the aft lowers)
> >and getting them fed to the winch correctly can take a few moments of
> >looking befuddled, but doesn't seem too bad. Your bail and rope set up
> >would leave that until the mast is up when it should be much easier. I
> >would "miss" the redundancy that using the two aft lowers provides. If one
> >were somehow to fail or not have been securely attached to the mast crane,
> >the other should really have no trouble supporting the mast. Do you leave
> >the aft lowers attached when you trailer? That would save a bit of rigging
> >time. That does beg the question - why not leave the aft lowers attached
> >and use the forward lowers to bring the mast up? The forward lowers have to
> >be detached anyway or you wouldn't be able to lower the mast. 
> >
> >Thanks for the ideas and I really would love to see pics of your bow
> >receptacle.
> >
> >Mike
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Bob Keller wrote:
> >> 
> >> 
> >> I have raised and lowered my mast so many times over the past 8+ years of
> >> owning the boat that I do it without having to give it much thought
> >> anymore. I think I'm probably better at putting the mast up and down than
> >> I am at actually sailing the boat! The three biggest improvements I have
> >> made to the whole exercise and trailering (aside from a new trailer which
> >> makes all the difference) is (1) the mast bail set-up so that you can
> >> attach the winch to the mast using rope instead of having to disconnect
> >> the aft lower shrouds. Doesn't sound like much but it is a big time and
> >> hassle saver. (2) Had a mast receptacle welded on the bow rail so that the
> >> bottom of the mast slips in and locks for trailering and (3) using zip
> >> ties exclusively for holding down the mast and stays while trailering. I
> >> use three different sizes and have some real large ones that I use to hold
> >> the mast at the bow and stern and to hold the stays. They really don't
> >> cost much and are a big time saver.
> >> 
> >> Bob K
> >> 
> >> 
> >
> >
> >-----
> >Mike Cheung
> >s/v Muireann 1993/2008 Rhodes 22
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