Good Day everyone
This is my question for today is. My mast that is 28' on my 79- 25' venture. what I want to do is make( not buy) a mast raising system. Now I have been looking at the different ones on this forum. One that was used was on a v22, and different ones on 22 footers. One of the ones I saw was made out of a 2x4 that he strapped to the mast I would say about 2' from the bottom of the mast and with a pulley system at the other end of the boom and I beleave he used the jib line to tie to the top of the boom,now my question is on my 28' mast would that hurt the mast by strapping that 2x4 to the mast about 2' up, or should I put something in front of the mast, now I do have a stainless steel bracket that is at the bottom 4/half by 4" with a hole at each corner for bolts to go through now the brackets are 3's a part out side to out side, now the bracket is 6' high on each side with a round hole that a bolt can run through. Now I could put that in front of the mast but being new I have my miss givings about drilling through the hull of my boat, I do know if I do I will need to use stainless steel bolts with a backing plate underneath. I just don't know on eather one HELP I I do not know witch one or is their a better choice? (Without buying one) BTW the PO has 5 cleats at the bottom of the mast? Any ideas why
This is my question for today is. My mast that is 28' on my 79- 25' venture. what I want to do is make( not buy) a mast raising system. Now I have been looking at the different ones on this forum. One that was used was on a v22, and different ones on 22 footers. One of the ones I saw was made out of a 2x4 that he strapped to the mast I would say about 2' from the bottom of the mast and with a pulley system at the other end of the boom and I beleave he used the jib line to tie to the top of the boom,now my question is on my 28' mast would that hurt the mast by strapping that 2x4 to the mast about 2' up, or should I put something in front of the mast, now I do have a stainless steel bracket that is at the bottom 4/half by 4" with a hole at each corner for bolts to go through now the brackets are 3's a part out side to out side, now the bracket is 6' high on each side with a round hole that a bolt can run through. Now I could put that in front of the mast but being new I have my miss givings about drilling through the hull of my boat, I do know if I do I will need to use stainless steel bolts with a backing plate underneath. I just don't know on eather one HELP I I do not know witch one or is their a better choice? (Without buying one) BTW the PO has 5 cleats at the bottom of the mast? Any ideas why
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