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Eric offers excellent advice - to practice mast raising in the driveway. One
big safety note though: DON'T PRACTICE NEAR POWER LINES!. If you do, you and
your boat may become lit up like Tom Westerman's Potter on Christmas.
Jim Nolan P-19 #426 Panache
>From: Eric Pederson <eric@nutfarm.org>
>To: wwpotter@tscnet.com
>Subject: Re: Bad mast raising experience
>Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 09:00:06 -0500
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>On Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 04:09:50AM -0700, Nancy E. Wigal wrote:
> >
> > Had a mast raising disaster Friday.
> > probably not readily easy to replace with a hand-held rivet tool. Great.
>[snip]
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>Now that's no way to christen your new boat. You'll have to try again.
>I think it's common to feel gunshy after such an experience. I have a
>web page that shows how we use the mast raising system with my boat.
>There might be some information there you can use.
>
>http://www.foad.org/~elp/mastraising/
>
> > What I now need is some help. Should the baby stays be taut? I have
>
>They should be taut with the mast at a 45-degree angle. In other words,
>halfway up. The mast will sway on the way up, but it shouldn't sway so far
>that it crosses over your stern cleats.
>
> > them loose. Since the mast raising rig is on the port side of boat, it
>makes
> > sense that the mast would want to travel to the left. Any thoughts,
>tips,
>
>That's also what happens to us. As you say, it makes sense.
>
> > suggestions or help on how to avoid this disaster in the future? I
>accept
>
>Practice in your driveway. Several times. Get comfortable with stepping the
>mast in a no-pressure situation. Kinda like falling off a bike - you need
>to just get back on and keep peddaling.
>
>And you're right - don't assume that dockhands know anything about
>sailboats.
>
>--
>Eric L. Pederson
>P-19 #970, Necessity
>Bloomington, MN
>
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