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Dave5041
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Initially Posted - 06/17/2016 :  22:02:28  Show Profile
I had Pearl launched the first week of May and finally got back to raise the mast. The marina charges extra for roller furlers even though mine is flexible and is the same as pinning a forestay. Two positive came from the process: I saved $200, and that will offset a small portion of my copay for the surgery I just had to reattach the tendon I tore raising the mast.. No gripping or lifting for a month. The Admiral will be reminding me of this for the next 20 years.

Dave B. aboard Pearl
1982 TR/SK/Trad. #3399
Lake Erie/Florida Panhandle

Stinkpotter
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 06/18/2016 :  10:42:10  Show Profile
OUCH! I'm not sure about that second positive, however...

Time for a summer on the Dark Side?
Dave Bristle
Association "Port Captain" for Mystic/Stonington CT
PO of 1985 C-25 SR/FK #5032 Passage before going over to the Dark Side (2007-2025); now boatless for the first time since 1970 (on a Sunfish).
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Voyager
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Response Posted - 06/19/2016 :  07:11:00  Show Profile
A family friend just got a SeaRay Sundancer 260. It's nice. And it's a SeaRay...
Bruce Ross
Passage ~ SR-FK ~ C25 #5032

Port Captain — Milford, CT
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Dave5041
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Response Posted - 06/19/2016 :  10:56:06  Show Profile
Ranger trailerable tug would be my way to go power, but a used C-Dory might be closer to my budget.

Dave B. aboard Pearl
1982 TR/SK/Trad. #3399
Lake Erie/Florida Panhandle
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Captmorgan
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Response Posted - 06/23/2016 :  14:44:41  Show Profile
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Originally posted by Dave5041

I had Pearl launched the first week of May and finally got back to raise the mast. The marina charges extra for roller furlers even though mine is flexible and is the same as pinning a forestay. Two positive came from the process: I saved $200, and that will offset a small portion of my copay for the surgery I just had to reattach the tendon I tore raising the mast.. No gripping or lifting for a month. The Admiral will be reminding me of this for the next 20 years.

Sorry to hear about your leg. I had a similar issue this year. Wishing you a speedy recovery..
"The Gal-Way" 1985 SR/SK Barnegat Bay, NJ

Enjoy Sailing =) Be Safe

Happy Sailing - John




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Dave5041
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Response Posted - 08/05/2016 :  20:02:55  Show Profile
Probably done sailing for the year! 5 weeks immobilized in a splint led to carpal tunnel syndrome and trigger fingers, not an uncommon complication in the geriatric set. Now, a month and a half later, I'm back to week two of therapy, getting an MRI next week, probably start steroid injections in my hand after that and start advancing therapy again a few weeks after that. I thought I might as well bring the boat home and do some light tasks, but then the light came on and I realized that towing a boat with one marginal hand was probably not a good idea. At least I can't drive the lawnmower

Dave B. aboard Pearl
1982 TR/SK/Trad. #3399
Lake Erie/Florida Panhandle
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OJ
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Response Posted - 08/06/2016 :  08:48:13  Show Profile
Raising a tall rig mast is certainly more challenging than a standard rig. Two feet longer + a thicker extrusion.

1989 C25 TR/WK, #5822
1973 McVay Minuet 19
1975 Jester 12
1981 C25 SR/SK, #2428
1981 C22 SR/SK,
Tanzer 16
Sunfish

"There is nothing, absolutely nothing half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats." Kenneth Grahame
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Stinkpotter
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 08/06/2016 :  09:36:24  Show Profile
Ya, next time that'll be $200 you'll be happy to spend! (Mine was a SR, but with a rigid furler. I let them use the crane.)
Dave Bristle
Association "Port Captain" for Mystic/Stonington CT
PO of 1985 C-25 SR/FK #5032 Passage before going over to the Dark Side (2007-2025); now boatless for the first time since 1970 (on a Sunfish).
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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 08/06/2016 :  15:39:19  Show Profile
Raising a TR mast is much easier with an A-frame. And they are easy to make. Sorry about your injury, you'll be lucky if it is only 20 years. LOL
DavidP
1975 C-22 SK #5459 "Shadowfax" Fleet 52
PO of 1984 C-25 SK/TR #4142 "Recess"
Percy Priest Yacht Club, Hamilton Creek Marina, Nashville, TN
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Dave5041
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Response Posted - 08/06/2016 :  20:03:09  Show Profile
I use an A-frame. I'm pretty sure I did it with poor mechanics. As I was hauling line I inadvertently grabbed a handfull with my thumb and three fingers and hyperextended the fifth when I clenched the line. Just one of those things you've done a thousand times and make a mistake once.

Dave B. aboard Pearl
1982 TR/SK/Trad. #3399
Lake Erie/Florida Panhandle
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Akenumber
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Response Posted - 08/21/2016 :  12:05:49  Show Profile
I found out when I have to trailer that raising the mast on the launch ramp give a lot of mechanical advantage. My wife grabs a line about 100 ft in font of the boat and with little effort it goes up. Our c22 we would just do in the parking lot.
Ken
San Diego
84 C25 SR/FK 4116
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