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Jack Schafer
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Initially Posted - 10/10/2005 :  13:09:56  Show Profile
Yesterday was the day to lower the mast. I only raise and lower once a year, but have been doing it since 1995. You know the routine,place baby stays,hook jib halyard to gin pole Pull slack to loosen forestay, on hook forestay and lower.Well, I must not have secured the pelican hook on the baby stay, because as the mast was half way down the stay let loose and the mast swung over to the starboard side. The gin pole snapped at the base of the mast,luckily the mast did not fall. The tabernacle is bent and the base of the mast is also bent. I think it can be salvaged. Just a word of caution.Don't get over confident!
Jack Schafer, previous owner of 2ndWind 250WB #106,

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bear
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Response Posted - 10/10/2005 :  13:56:36  Show Profile
Jack, On my C 250 I have found the pelican hooks need a squirt of WD
on occasion, especially the life lines. Sorry about your
misfortune.
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s3tbuell
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Response Posted - 10/11/2005 :  16:45:28  Show Profile
Wow I have had the exact same thing happen. But I was testing the hook before lowering. Now I make sure the lock is all the way in before lowering....Sorry to hear that ..but at least know one got hurt
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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 10/12/2005 :  08:46:12  Show Profile  Visit Arlyn Stewart's Homepage
Jack... it could happen to any of us... I've been careful to visualy look to see the pelican hook locked but your account of what happend will renew my vigil.
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528
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Response Posted - 10/15/2005 :  15:22:04  Show Profile
When I bought the boat, I asked the yard to show me the raise/lower process. The rigger wrapped the pelican hook arms with rigging tape as a backup. I assumed this was a standard practice. Sorry for your misfortune, I reccomend all use this quick form of insurance.
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britinusa
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Response Posted - 10/15/2005 :  18:04:32  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
this past weekend, we had one of our pelican hooks open just at the mast was raising too! The port side baby stay is always tighter than the stbd. I measured the distance from the port babystay shackle on the life line stanchion to the side of the mast support plate, and it is 1/4" further than from the stbd side to the mast support plate.
I'm going to mark the stays port and stbd and alter the length so they both fit when the mast is down.
With the risk of a pelican snap opening during raising, the easy solution would be to put a steel washer over the opening jaws of the pelican snap. Better would be a piece of stainless steel tubing maybe an 1" long.

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Tom Potter
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Response Posted - 10/15/2005 :  21:28:38  Show Profile
I had the life line pelican hook pop open today, when I was leaning on it of course. I figure the pin didn't snap all the way close when I closed it. Going to take some lube down to the boat tomorrow and give'em a good coat.

Paul thats a neat idea!
Edited by - Tom Potter on 10/15/2005 21:29:53
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