Yeah frank. I will need a few more years experience to be doing this in the
water...
Joe, our s/v OCTOPIAN has a mount slider for the bast base on the pulpit.
I think you can see it here.
IMG_20200730_165133894_HDR.jpg
On Tue, Mar 16, 2021, 10:04 AM Frank Goldsmith <goldsmith.cf at gmail.com>
wrote:
> I’m late to chime in but agree with all that’s been said. In fact, I
> dismantled my mast and headsail furlers this past weekend to measure for
> new sails, with the boat securely on its trailer and the sails spread out
> on the ground below, and I can’t imagine doing it alone and on the water.
> (One could certainly lower the mast alone with the mast hoist system, but
> still, wrangling all the rigging by oneself to remove the sails would be
> tough.)
>> Frank Goldsmith
> 1985/2000 Rhodes 22
> Lake Keowee, SC
>>> > On Mar 16, 2021, at 10:57 AM, Joe Dempsey <joedempsey at hughes.net> wrote:
> >
> > George, it's going to take two people. I removed my mast while in the
> slip.
> > Best to be bow forward so you can bring it over the pulpit. I used the
> > cradle to support the mast aft. I have a photo showing the mast lowered
> > just before bringing it off the boat.
> >
> > <http://rhodes-22.1065344.n5.nabble.com/file/t752/1.jpg>
> >
> > I have more photos of the mast once its off, showing the process of
> > disassembling the IMF.
> >
> > I can't remember if we left the genoa onboard or brought it off with the
> > mast. I think we left it onboard but you'll have to remove the bale at
> the
> > masthead in the middle of the process which will add a third body to the
> > job.
> >
> >
> >
> > -----
> > Joe Dempsey
> > s/v Respite
> > Rhodes 22 1989/2005
> > Deltaville,VA
> > --
> > Sent from: http://rhodes-22.1065344.n5.nabble.com/>>
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