I always transport with the mast in the crutch. If you are less than 6’
tall removing the IMF mast from the crutch is not easy. Stan confirmed it
is ok to tow that way. I was not happy with watching the mast flexing in
the side view mirror so fabricated a support using a 4 x 4 beam drilled to
bolt to the mast mount. I place an old throw cushion between the mast &
beam and tie bungee cords around the mast to the eyelets screwed into the
beam. This eliminates the mast flexing as I go down the road.

Stephen Staum
s/v Carol Lee 2
Needham, MA

On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 11:35 AM Richard Stott <ric at stottarchitecture.com>
wrote:

> Learn something new every day!
> 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.
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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
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