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1975 o'day 22
will be changing to led lights both mast and cabin along with nav lights. adding solar, adding bbq, rebedding all deck hardware and below water...
Oct 19, 2023
Looking forward to V-berth.
Wow.....dream home!
Sep 18, 2023
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MacGregor 26s
Das sind Teakleisten, die aufgeklebt, dann mit Schwarzer Masse ausgegossen und geschliffen wurden. Sieht immer noch aus wie neu.....
Aug 25, 2023
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This interior is gorgeous! What type of boat is this in?
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DSC00627 In essence what we see in this pic is a Gin Pole with a small boat winch attached to it, pivot bridles, and the baby stays. It takes a little time to set this mast raising rig up but we only do this a couple of times a year, as we both rent moorings at the yacht club.
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DSC00628 A rear mast crutch is pretty simple to build but you need to attach it to something and this is where a stern rail comes in handy. Myself, I love a full stern rail and I'm fortunate that the O'Day factory was kind enough to install one on my boat when it was being built back in 1986.
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Jan 31, 2013
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DSC00628 The stern rail as mentioned previously is very helpful for supporting the mast crutch. I favor this mast crutch set up because it allows you to mount your rudder on the stern at the ramp and launch your boat if you choose to raise your mast with the boat sitting at the dock. Having a roller inside the crutch allows you to roll the mast aft or forward instead of having to man handle it as I was doing for many years.
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DSC00430 It's very important to have a mast crutch in the stern. You really need something to rest the mast on to keep it from hitting the top of your cabin during raising/lowering process. Wayne built the mast raising rig for his Seaward 22 and he showed me how to construct one for my boat.
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Jan 31, 2013
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Lineman's Rolling Hitch 003 Now bring the line back to the front of the wraps and tie at least two half hitches around the object. I'm about to tie one half hitch in this picture.
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Jan 4, 2013
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DSC00622 Anchor roller for my Fortress Anchor. I also mounted a Herreshoff Cleat on the deck, in line with the roller for snubbing off the anchor line. On rare occasion when I need to pull my anchor up from the cockpit while at my engine, I install two snatch blocks to the bottom of my lifeline rails. The anchor caddy with rope handles makes this task very easy. This system is a real life saver for getting out of tight spots.
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Lineman's Rolling Hitch 005 I call this hitch the "Lineman's Rolling Hitch." I doubt if you'll find this one in the knot books or anywhere else on the web. It's easy to tie and has a million uses. You can tie this hitch and move the rope coils forward or back but once you pull on the standing part of the line, she tightens right up. This hitch tied around an 1/8" stay with 3/16" braid will not slide once the strain is applied to the standing part of the line. I sometimes tie a single sheave to this line and use it to hoist my shower bag up high on my back stay. I found this hitch to be useful in securing my CDI Furler vinyl luff to my Gin Pole when raising/lowering my mast. Check out my mast raising/lowering album for pics of this. It's a great hitch.
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DSC01039 I'm able to raise my mast all by myself with this rig. Note the CDI Roller Furler. I have it roped off to my Gin pole with a rolling hitch tied to the furler luff.
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Aug 3, 2013
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DSC00783 This is my old wooden Gin Pole. I'm using a stainless steel Gin Pole now.
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Aug 3, 2013
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DSC01267 This isn't the original mast tabernacle that came with my boat when I bought it new. It came with an el cheapo French made cast Aluminum extrusion with a small sheave at the bottom for the internal Jib halyard to pass through and I hated this set up with a passion. After losing my mast back in the 1990s out of Newport RI, I had Rig-Rite in Warwick RI make me up a new mast. This time I wanted it made up to my specs and that included a stainless Steel hinge plate. This plate is a Dwyer and the utility plate is a Kenyon, I think. He told me to mount a block on the cabin to make up up 1-1/8" under the hinge plate so that my upper stays would fit. He gave me the plates and I mounted them to a 5"X7" Teak block like what you see in the pic. The rigger had to make a mast plug to attached the upper plate to the bottom of the mast. I wish he'd have made it out of Aluminum instead of Stainless Steel. Years later my mast started corroding and I had to take it to a marine welder. You can see in the pic where he welded, but the whole bottom of the mast was thin and getting ready to blow out.
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Jan 23, 2013
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IMG 0027 With a rear mast crutch mounted on the stern rail you can mount your rudder on the transom before you back down the ramp. All you need to do is center the tiller and tie it off to keep the rudder blade straight. It also helps if you have a rudder blade hold-up pendant line.
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Feb 16, 2013
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DSC00781 This first Gin Pole that I built was made of Oak. I made so that it could be taken apart for easy stowage. If you decide to build one of these it would be wise to have your mast raised so that you can decide where you want to place it on the mast. I place the crutch of the Gin Pole on my mast and tie it off just about even with the Goose Neck. This height will allow me to take up on my block and tackle and I'm using my boom vang with about 55' of braid line attached to it. This gives me enough line to stretch the blocks out. Figure on making the Gin pole long enough to be within an inch or two from the forestay when it's in place on the mast. The Gin Pole just provides the angle needed to raise/lower the mast and that's all. Some guys mount a small boat winch on the Gin Pole and use it to raise/lower the mast. Myself, I prefer the block & tackle or my Boom Vang.
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Aug 3, 2013
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I have decided to use a single burner Origo 1500 instead of the two burner 3000 that I had been using for years. After changing my galley cabinet over I discovered that my table would no longer swing over the sink without hitting my two burner stove. The single burner stove will allow my table to swing over the sink if I slide the stove to Starboard.
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Mar 5, 2012
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DSC01039 The new stainless steel Gin Pole in operation. The lowering/raising process can be stopped at anytime or any where. I tied my furler luff with a "Rolling Hitch" to the Gin Pole where you see it. This keeps the luff from flopping around and throwing the mast off balance. It also allows me to do this operation all by myself. The boom vang and the pivot bridles do the rest.
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Dec 22, 2008
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IMG 0027 What I really love about this mast carrying set up is that I can mount the rudder on the transom, tie it off, and launch my boat and raise my mast on the water. She's all set to be pulled out of the water in this pic. It's a heck of a lot easier to remove my rudder and stick it in the back of my truck after I get her pulled out of the water.
Joe11688
Jan 31, 2013
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DSC01164 This bow pulpit mast holder was simple to build. You could use maple or oak. The permanent mount board is made of Teak.
Joe11688
Jan 31, 2013
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DSC00442 I used to have to raise the crutch to a higher position before I started using the Gin Pole but having a Trex block under my mast tabernacle now allows the height needed over my closed companionway hatch to leave the crutch all the way down.
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Aug 3, 2013
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DSC00445 Chain Plate modification prevents leaks. I had these flat S.S. plates welded to these OD 25 chainplates to seal out water leaks. Each plate is also bolted through the deck with four bolts, nuts, and backup plates in the cabin. I attach these mast raising/lowering pivot bridles to a shackle under the turnbuckle on one side, and a pad eye plate on the deck. One line on each bridle goes to the end of the Gin Pole, and one line connects from each bridle to a lower stay on each side of the mast. The S.S. ring come even with the pivot point of my mast tabernacle. This keeps the mast from going over the side in the raising/lowering process with the furler attached. It's just that simple.
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Dec 20, 2008
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DSC01160 The rear mast crutch has a screwed on flange on the bottom with long wood screws. I drilled a 1" hole in the bottom of the crutch so that the pipe extends beyond the flange and into the hole about 1". This gives the crutch more strength and stability on the pipe. I did the same thing to my Gin Pole which is made of wood and 1" stainless steel pipe.
Joe11688
Jan 31, 2013
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Lineman's Rolling Hitch 001 To tie this hitch just take about five or six wraps around anything like rope, wire, a spar or even a roller furler vinyl luff. Always wrap the line away from you.
Joe11688
Jan 4, 2013
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DSC01151 I used the same wood crutch from the other Gin Pole. I drilled a 1" hole into the wood so that the pipe fit into the crutch beyond the flange which is screwed in place.
Joe11688
Aug 3, 2013
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DSC00442 In this pic we have a detachable bow pulpit mast crotch mod, and the old Gin Pole complete with bridles, all set to hoist the mast up.
Joe11688
Dec 22, 2008
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DSC00447 This is a Johnson Handy-Lock.
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Aug 3, 2013
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Lineman's Rolling Hitch 002 Then bring the bitter end back around and in between the standing part of the line and the object you are tying. You can take it through either from left to right or right to left. Because I'm right handed, I usually take the rope though so it come out toward me which is different to what is seen in this picture.
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Jan 4, 2013
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