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Ben - FL
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Initially Posted - 11/18/2015 : 06:40:22

Thanks to my brother driving down and helping, Chick-a-pea's mast is back on deck. I had to remove it to the yard for some repairs. Towing her back the 450 mi from where I was working in SC she lost some parts on the terrible roads in South Carolina. Even I-95 had pot holes 4 ft. in diameter and 4 in. deep.

When I arrived home in FL the cup was missing along with the turnbuckle from the roller furling. And the sealed beam bulb from the spreader light was at the stern ladder and smashed. So I have a new cup (w/ bearings instead of just the neoprene washer, $170.) and a new LED spreader light, $30.

We had to figure a way to get the mast past the rub rail. The first try using 4x4 posts had problems with the spreaders. They hung up under the trailer fender. I tried a 4 in. piece of PVC we put over the spreader guide it around the rail. Then after turning it around the steaming light was in the way. David suggested I get my MF tractor w/ the front end loader. I brought it around but it got complicated and was to risky and I didn't want to break something expensive if it fell off.

We ended up screwing plywood to the 4x4s and making a slide so to speak.

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Ben
sloop Chick-a-pea,
C250wk#364

Edited by - Ben - FL on 11/18/2015 06:50:52

Ben - FL
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Response Posted - 11/18/2015 : 06:52:16

Sorry, Google Drive or Google Photos does not seem to work for image viewing.

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Ben
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Response Posted - 11/18/2015 : 09:38:48

I see the photo.Works for me..

Scott-"IMPULSE"87'C25/SR/WK/Din.#5688
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Response Posted - 11/18/2015 : 15:25:38

An awkward thing to move. I slid mine over the padded stern rail until my son could hold the foot and then slid it the rest of the way with the head on the rail. I climbed down and we carried it to sawhorses. We did take the spreaders off first.

Dave B. aboard Pearl
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Response Posted - 11/23/2015 : 12:58:31

I take my forestay off and make a big loop out of the CD FF4 and put it below or in the truck. If you have a flexible furler extrusion just take the entire thing off and roll it up.

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Response Posted - 11/24/2015 : 17:11:35

Working on getting the new parts tuned up. Made a dry run in my driveway raising the mast but it had to come back down as I did not have enough slack on the fore stay. That meant taking the CDI roller furling apart to get to the turnbuckle. I made sure I had sturdy cotter pins in. Had this boat for 14 years and never looked at the inside of the furler. Guess that might be the reason the old turnbuckle and cup did not make it the 450 mi. back from Carolina. But then neither did the spreader light. South Carolina roads suck.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8No3ARuIEpMMFV3ajBNTE81UTQ/view?usp=sharing

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Ben
sloop Chick-a-pea,
C250wk#364

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Response Posted - 11/24/2015 : 17:19:25

Third time is a charm! Got the mast rigged and all the lights are working. The new LED spreader light really illuminates the deck! I'm going to look for a new LED steaming/deck light combo.

But I'm going to miss my launch window. High tide is at 02:10. I was hoping to be in the water for Thanksgiving. However I'm just not into pushing the envelope. In my younger days I might have. Even though it is full moon my eyes aren't as good as they used to be and I might miss something. And as Shakespeare said, "the better part of valor is discretion."

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8No3ARuIEpMV014VlVFdndFSDQ/view?usp=sharing

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Ben
sloop Chick-a-pea,
C250wk#364

Edited by - Ben - FL on 11/24/2015 17:21:48

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Response Posted - 11/25/2015 : 12:07:48

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Originally posted by pastmember

I take my forestay off and make a big loop out of the CD FF4 and put it below or in the truck. If you have a flexible furler extrusion just take the entire thing off and roll it up.

In regards to the Flexible Furler, mine has some kinks in it, and not in the short dimension. And ideas about getting them out? They are not really kinks. But they do change the sail shape some. I thought about a heat gun but am afraid of making it worse than it is.

Safe voyages,
Ben
sloop Chick-a-pea,
C250wk#364

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