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Tim Colbert
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Initially Posted - 10/07/2001 :  19:59:31  Show Profile
Greetings

Looking for input on options for shorthanded lowering of the mast on a '79 std rig. I've checked the old archives and found the post on the Huntington Rig, but given that I don't have the two piece shrouds I'm not sure that I could use that m
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Ed Monague
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Response Posted - 10/07/2001 :  21:44:10  Show Profile
Tim, If you are talking short handed as in just you, then you need to invest in the Huntington Rig. If you have another person, I have used my daughters many times back when they were 11 and 12, then they can ease the main sheet setup you have referred t
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Mark Maxwell
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Response Posted - 10/08/2001 :  02:49:38  Show Profile
Hi Tim,
Are you wanting to lower it underway? To go under a bridge or just to drop it for repairs, haul-out, etc? If underway you'll need the Huntington Rig.

I raise and lowered the mast on my '73 C22 to the rear and found the step from the cockpit t
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Gary B.
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Response Posted - 10/08/2001 :  12:40:35  Show Profile
Mark: I lower my SR to the rear, releasing the forwards and barely loosening the uppers. I use my boom vang blocks with a long line (60 feet or so?) which I attach to the jib halyard and the tack fitting. A kid can use this as a brake, easily. I have
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Tim Colbert
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Response Posted - 10/08/2001 :  17:06:59  Show Profile
Thanks for the advice. As this is the end of the year ritual only, I will go with the drop to the rear using my 12 year old son as the brakeman and me as the emergency brakeman. As far as the connection of the main sheet block to the head stay I am planni
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Mark Maxwell
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Response Posted - 10/08/2001 :  22:10:29  Show Profile
That should work fine. Just be sure to leave the two upper side stays attached and the bolt in place through the mast at the mast plate. I only mention that because I saw a new owner drop his mast when he removed the bolt and all stays because he thought
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PZell
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Response Posted - 10/09/2001 :  00:26:13  Show Profile
Tim,
As Gary B. noted it is rather easy to drop the mast aft as he
described. Couple of pointers. Be sure you have some sort of
crutch to hold the mast or you will set it down on the poptop
or cabin roof and split that. Made mine with 2x4 and lash
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Gary B.
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Response Posted - 10/12/2001 :  08:45:11  Show Profile
Tim: I am not sure of your reference to the "main sheet" here. I don't use mine. As I mentioned before, I use the boom vang with a long line as the braking mechanism. I attach it between the jib halyard fitting (halyard cleated securely at the mast, o
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