Help! I need instructions(drawing would great) on how to use the mast raising system with a furling jib sail.Parrothead in the desert
Macgregor 26x Mast Raising System
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Help! I need instructions(drawing would great) on how to use the mast raising system with a furling jib sail.Parrothead in the desert
There is a copy of the owners manual on this site;
http://macgregor.sailboatowners.com/images/kb/pdf/868.pdf
which include instructions for stepping the mast, both with
and without the optional factory raising system.
Cheers,
Brad
http://macgregor.sailboatowners.com/images/kb/pdf/868.pdf
which include instructions for stepping the mast, both with
and without the optional factory raising system.
Cheers,
Brad
Our mast rasing on a S has a gin pole..
...now that we have a furler I just tie it up on the gin pole near the top of it while the mast is down. Then as the mast is raised the furler is taken forward by the jin pole and isn't dragging on the deck. The picture above was taken pre-furler.
The M and maybe the X factory system have a winch on the mast raising pole and that pole doesn't move as you crank the mast up. I would think then since you are raising the mast from a forward postion on the bow you could maybe hold the furler off the deck in one hand and crank the mast up with the other.
There is more here on the system used on our S....
http://purplesagetradingpost.com/sumner/macgregor/rigging-index.html
Good luck,
Sum
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...now that we have a furler I just tie it up on the gin pole near the top of it while the mast is down. Then as the mast is raised the furler is taken forward by the jin pole and isn't dragging on the deck. The picture above was taken pre-furler.
The M and maybe the X factory system have a winch on the mast raising pole and that pole doesn't move as you crank the mast up. I would think then since you are raising the mast from a forward postion on the bow you could maybe hold the furler off the deck in one hand and crank the mast up with the other.
There is more here on the system used on our S....
http://purplesagetradingpost.com/sumner/macgregor/rigging-index.html
Good luck,
Sum
Our Trips to Utah, Idaho, Canada, Florida
Our MacGregor S Pages
Mac-Venture Links
Have a look at this--
http://www.tropicalboating.com/sailing/mastraising.html
I had to read it a couple of times to find out what line the furller rolled down, it's the one with the blue tracer, I think.
http://www.tropicalboating.com/sailing/mastraising.html
I had to read it a couple of times to find out what line the furller rolled down, it's the one with the blue tracer, I think.
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