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johnsonp
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Initially Posted - 08/23/2007 : 17:17:26

http://www.sailboatowners.com/upload/display.tpl?folder=73318079735&fno=39

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 08/23/2007 : 17:41:38

Good grief! Happily, the yard did that for me with a bona fide crane.

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John Russell
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Response Posted - 08/23/2007 : 17:47:30

Given the weight of the ladder when it's extended like that, why not just muscle up the mast? Probably requires as much effort. Took 2 hours for just the mast on a trailer sailer? (It is on a trailer, isn't it? albeit a BIG one) Seems like he over-engineered just a bit.

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Tom Potter
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Response Posted - 08/23/2007 : 18:38:13

I do like his bottom job!

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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 08/23/2007 : 21:49:01

Has anyone tried, especially on a C-25 tall rig, the method we used on our C-22? - Attach a long line to the jib halyard (or use both forward lower shrouds together), which one person takes in front of the towing vehicle. Two people (1 on the C-22) on the boat slide the mast back toward the stern, secure the base to the mast step, then start walking it up, while the person on the ground starts backing up with the line secure around him/her, or just stays in front of the tow vehicle using it for a brace and takes in the slack. The person on the ground and one in the boat should be able to hold the mast momentarily if something snags while the 3rd person (or perhaps a 4th) attends to the snag. Once secured to the mast step, it should go up very quickly. Comments, anyone?
P.S. On our C-22, the shrouds would almost always snag on the pop-top cover snaps around the cabin top.

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DaveR
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Response Posted - 08/24/2007 : 07:24:31

Exactly what I was thinking David. I don't trailer so don't have to raise my mast but used the same method on the C22 I owned years ago.

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dave holtgrave
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Response Posted - 08/24/2007 : 07:58:43

seems like a lot of work.
i use the a frame-2x4's.

my wife and i drop the tall rig with roller furling.

dave3 holtgrave
5722sk/tr
sailing at still hot carlyle lake in southern illinois

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jerlim
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Response Posted - 08/24/2007 : 09:24:23

Rube Goldberg is alive and well - looks a little like a potential entry for a Darwin Award if they're not careful.

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