<< Did you use forward cabin top hand rails to secure mast auxilliary stays?
How long did u make ur gin pole? Mine is a 1.5" rod 7' long. At base I used
2x4 to make a base that slides around half of mast. I step gin pole 3" from
bottom of mast covering an eyelet i placed at that point to keep gin pole from
sliding up or down. I like your idea of a strap to keep it in place.
I need a sys to raise mast alone with one hand. I have yet to try this
system I'm coming up with...
You have pictures? Diagrams?
Am interested in your solution. >>
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I secure the temp stays to stainless U-bolts I mounted in the cabin top, about
21 inches from the center line and about in line with the bolt the mast pivots
on (the ideal place would be in a pure true line with the pivot point, but
cabin curvature precludes this). I drilled several holes before I got the
right place (filled with bondo) and sealed with silicone. I use 1/8"
galvanized cable and aluminum deelie-bobbers (I can't remember what they're
called) which I tapped lightly at a place a bit short of where they needed to
be, then raised the mast letting the tension adjust their proper length, then
I hammered them solidly.
My 'jin pole' is mounted about three or four feet up the mast, this lets the
tackle clear the bow-pulpit when the mast is raised, also, my halyard is half
ss cable and half 1/4 inch polyester line, it only extends down that far.
I think to raise and lower single-handed you would need to use a ratcheted
winch or power winch which you could control easier. I generally have to go
hand over hand on the genny winch as I use about 60 feet of line to haul up
the mast.
Ralph Aeschliman
HMS-18 #67 Moby Duck
Flagstaff, AZ