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I’m always nervous about height on the road since I scraped a bike off the car top once on a parking garage because I forgot it was there. 
I have a continental rig, so it’s  lighter and easier to move off the crutch - and I’m tall. 
For short distances, to be honest, I have left mine on the crutch also, but just for the short distance to the launch ramp - no trees, no gas station canopies, no low wires.  Its just safer and lower structural loads when it’s down low - I have a block at the mast post also.   
Ric 
sv Dadventure 


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> On Feb 16, 2018, at 11:20 AM, Richard Beytagh <rbeytagh at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I've hauled boats for Stan to the Boat show for quite a few years now and
> many private deliveries and unless there is a reason not to do so, we
> always haul with the mast in the crutch. The standard bridge height is
> 14'-16' and with our height being around 12'-13' there is never a problem.
> If a semi can go under it so can we!
> 
> As Peter points out, it is more convenient to leave the mast in the crutch
> when you're doing a single-handed mast drop or raise.
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> On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 10:22 AM, Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> When I picked up my recycled boat at the GBI plant in 2016, the mast was
>> on the crutch.  I’d say that’s an indication that in Stan’s view it’s
>> perfectly OK to leave the mast on the crutch for trailering.
>> 
>> As a side note, I actually find it pretty difficult to take the mast off
>> the crutch.  It needs to be lifted higher than I can comfortably do.  I can
>> do it by putting a step-ladder in the cockpit, but that’s a bit shaky.  I
>> made a crutch like structure out of 2x4’s that I can attach to the front
>> end loader of my tractor to help me get the mast on or off the crutch when
>> I need to, but obviously I can only use that at home.
>> 
>> Oh, and for my earlier posting about boat height on the trailer, that
>> estimate was with the mast down on the fore and aft pulpits.
>> 
>> Peter Nyberg
>> Coventry, CT
>> s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)
>> 
>> 
>>> On Feb 16, 2018, at 9:03 AM, Richard Stott <ric at stottarchitecture.com>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Umm - should someone tell Alex that the boom crutch is not intended to
>> be used for trailering?
>>> It’s easy to drop the mast off the crutch and onto the stern rail and
>> tie it down - no?
>>> Ric
>>> sv Dadventure
>>> 
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