In the 18 years we owned Fretless we raised and lowered the mast twice a 
year, once at the beginning and once at the end of the season, sometimes 
and additional time in the side yard in the springtime plus a few other 
times for repairs, hauling the boat for storms and the like. It was 
enough so we sort of knew what we were doing but we always followed the 
step by step instructions carefully.

A couple of bits of advice.

We always found it helpful to continually ask ourselves "what is holding 
the mast up?" as we moved on to the next step.

And make sure the cabin top sliding hatch is in the closed position. If 
it is not, the forward edge will act as a fulcrum for a very large lever 
fully capable of prying the mast-step up. This is the voice of 
experience. Fortunately it's an easy fix.

Best of luck with your repairs.

Mary Lou
formerly R22 Fretless
now Rosborough RF-246  Tara

On 3/29/2017 7:08 PM, Shawn Boles wrote:
> I forgot I posted these pics of mast raising on Facebook. Just old ,I
> guess. Thanks to Bob for reminding me.
>
> Mark the chain link that let's you raise/lower while maintaining lateral
> stability.
>
> AFT shrouds to winch - Chains to  FORE shrouds then connected to
> chainplates before raising/lowering
>
>
> Cheers,
> Shawn
> s/v Sweet Baboo
>
>
> On Mar 29, 2017 9:46 AM, "rweiss" <rweiss at siu.edu> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the advice. I also finally found some great step by step photos
> on
> a Facebook page:
> Shawn Boles Page
> <https://www.facebook.com/shawn.boles/media_set?set=a.
> 10151299606977141.487706.593022140&type=1&l=41f7dc116a>
>
> Bob
>
>
>
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> Beach Spring
> 1998 Rhodes 22 Recycled in 2014
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