Would someone be willing to provide the mast crutch height for an O'day 222? I've made myself a ginpole setup but need a crutch for stepping the mast and trailering. Ideally it would be measured from the top of the transom to the top of the roller or contact point on the crutch...
Mast crutch height for 222?
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mast crutch heigth, Oday 222
Zoomie:
At a minimum the height at the transom needs to be in alignment with cabintop and bow pulpit.
Do you want to create a mast tent so that you have better access to the cabin for off-season storage? If so, make the mast crutch taller (see picture) . My mast crutch is a simple 2 x4 board - and I use two bent over bolts that are the approximate diameter of the pintles with the same spacing as the pintles--- and mount mast crutch bolts in gudgeons.
I'll try to get to my boat and get a measurement for you, however if you just lower your mast and rest it on the pulpit and cabintop it will be intuitive to set the length of your mast cruch.
It is best to support the mast on the ends and in the middle- so three support points.
Zoomie:
At a minimum the height at the transom needs to be in alignment with cabintop and bow pulpit.
Do you want to create a mast tent so that you have better access to the cabin for off-season storage? If so, make the mast crutch taller (see picture) . My mast crutch is a simple 2 x4 board - and I use two bent over bolts that are the approximate diameter of the pintles with the same spacing as the pintles--- and mount mast crutch bolts in gudgeons.
I'll try to get to my boat and get a measurement for you, however if you just lower your mast and rest it on the pulpit and cabintop it will be intuitive to set the length of your mast cruch.
It is best to support the mast on the ends and in the middle- so three support points.
I can give you an approximate height to go by. I'm 5'9" tall and when I built my mast crutch, I made it to slide up and down for the two positions. The travel position allows the mast to be completely level in both the stern crutch and the bow crutch that I built to fit on the bow pulpit. My boat has a stern rail and I was able to take the mast out and lay it on the rail temporarily while I raised the mast crutch to the mast raising position. The crutch was raised just high enough so that I could just put the mast into it while straddling the two cockpit seats. The companionway hatch needs to be closed so that the mast has clearance over it. I wasn't using a Gin Pole back then, and I still had my old mast tabernacle which wasn't set as high as the tabernacle that I have now. My tabernacle sits on a block of Teak, so consequently I no longer need that much height to get the clearance to pin the tabernacle. In order to get a fair idea of the crutch height needed, just tie a string to the rear tabernacle pin on the cabin and bring it aft to where you want to mount the crutch, and stretch it out. Then take your tape measure and get the height Check your mast for anything that may conflict with this measurement, like the goose neck fitting.
I built the following system and it works fairly well. I have a telescoping support that sits in the cockpit near the cockpit drain. I don't use the telescoping part because currently I can muscle the mast up from its down position. The cockpit structure (which is 5 feet tall from base to the roller at the top) is secured using rope at four connection points: The two stern side cleats, the cleat where the pendant to the centerboard is secured, and the gudgeon that receives the pintle for the rudder. The support is made of steel channel iron which makes it a bit heavy but it is stable. The base is attached to starboard material that is countersunk so that the boltheads don't damage the cockpit. I also chalked the ends to make sure they don't rub metal against fiberglass. There is a small lip on the vertical starboard piece that is pulled tight in the channel where the cockpit drain is located. Once secured, it doesn't move. The height is 5 feet from the base to the rollers. At the bow, I used starboard material and created a support that attaches to the pulpit. It attaches with u-bolts and wingnuts. I line it with pipewrap before securing the mast at the bow. All in all, this works fairly well although the mast is not horizontal. Rather, it angles toward the bow. If I had to do it over again, I would probably make the cockpit structure out of lighter steel. Otherwise, I'm happy with how it works.
Dave
O'Day 222
Dave
O'Day 222
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a friend of mine used a 2by4 with a couple of door hinges. he then uses a bolt through the hinges to fit in the pintles which is held by the a lock nut. it was quick and easy to build.
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