[Rhodes22-list] Mast raising/lower system

[Tom Hyatt]

No. Can you send them or send a link. Thanks.

On Sun, Nov 23, 2025 at 7:26 AM Graham Stewart <gstewart.gm at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I use the boom as the gin pole as per Stan’s original instructions. Do you
> have them?
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>
> Graham Stewart
> gstewart.gm at gmail.com
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>
> On Sat, Nov 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM Tom Hyatt via Rhodes22-list <
> rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
>
>> Sorry. To clarify, I do not have a furling mast.
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM Donald Simons via Rhodes22-list <
>> rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
>>
>> >  Hi Tom, Can you clarify if you have Inner Mast Furling, as this makes a
>> > big difference.
>> > Don Simons, Old Forge, NY
>> >     On Saturday, November 22, 2025 at 03:35:30 PM EST, Kenwood _ <
>> > kenwood364 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >  I use a gin pole made from a bit of old sailboat mast, a few pulleys
>> and a
>> > crank. If you want to be safe, use stays either side! When im righting
>> my
>> > mast with friends we use the middle set of decktop stays to steady the
>> > mast, but ive also seen people use dedicated tracks and such as well to
>> > prevent the mast going either side.
>> >
>> > On Sat, Nov 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM Tom Hyatt via Rhodes22-list <
>> > rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Hello Rhodes Owners:
>> > >
>> > > I had the misfortune to intersect my mast with a series of tree limbs
>> > while
>> > > I was moving my boat to its winter quarters. No real damage occurred
>> > except
>> > > for my Windex and mast light being severed from their homes. So I am
>> > forced
>> > > to bring my mast down before next season to make the repairs.
>> > >
>> > > I have lowered and raised my mast before with a gin pole system I
>> > > rigged up. My wife insists (and she is right) that I should get a
>> proper
>> > > Rhodes apparatus to make this easier and safer.
>> > >
>> > > So I am reaching out to you to see if you might have one for sale or
>> know
>> > > where I might be able to purchase one. (Or is there an improved system
>> > that
>> > > you know about that you could share with me.)
>> > >
>> > > Thanks in advance for your help.
>> > >
>> > > Tom Hyatt
>> > > S/V Eliza Jane, 1978
>> > > Baltimore, Maryland.
>> > >
>> >
>> >
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