Jim, Is it advisable to heel by attaching the main halyard to the pier or a slip pole and winching over enough to clean the waterline and do some maintenance on the through-hulls? Assuming fluids such as battery acid, engine oil and fuel, and holding tank contents are controlled, could heeling by the main halyard impose enough side loads on the mast or topping gear to cause damage? Also, what would be a safe angle, assuming we are in quiet water close aboard a sheltered slip and we are watching the downside ports for water entry? Although we would be levering up that heavy shoal draft keel, it seems to me that for reasonable angles the total load should be very similar to heeling while under sail. I saw this done in a sales video for the MacGregor 26; the video stated that the side force on the mast tip was about 200 pounds when they had it down to about two feet above the water. Thanks