I have a 23.5 and just recently raised mine, so it’s fresh in my mind. Looks like you have it rigged correctly.
A few comments-
-It seems like you have a lot of stretch in the jib halyard. Seems unusual for it to change the position of the gin pole so much after you start to try and lift the mast. You will need the gin pole to stay in that initial position or you won’t be able to pull the mast all the way up. Otherwise, the main sheet blocks will come together before it is fully raised. I have a cleat on the mast that I tie the jib halyard off at. You should not need to use any of the wenches to tension the halyard.
-Can you partially lift the mast by hand? Besides the weight, it should freely raise up. I don’t mean all the way up. Just that it should move freely.
-Does the line for the mainsheet freely run through the blocks? If the line is too large a diameter it will bind.
Seems like something is binding up. When I do this I have a friend get the lift started by pushing the mast up from the cockpit. After that it’s all me up on the bow pulling in the main sheet set-up, and it doesn’t take a lot of force after the initial lift.
A few comments-
-It seems like you have a lot of stretch in the jib halyard. Seems unusual for it to change the position of the gin pole so much after you start to try and lift the mast. You will need the gin pole to stay in that initial position or you won’t be able to pull the mast all the way up. Otherwise, the main sheet blocks will come together before it is fully raised. I have a cleat on the mast that I tie the jib halyard off at. You should not need to use any of the wenches to tension the halyard.
-Can you partially lift the mast by hand? Besides the weight, it should freely raise up. I don’t mean all the way up. Just that it should move freely.
-Does the line for the mainsheet freely run through the blocks? If the line is too large a diameter it will bind.
Seems like something is binding up. When I do this I have a friend get the lift started by pushing the mast up from the cockpit. After that it’s all me up on the bow pulling in the main sheet set-up, and it doesn’t take a lot of force after the initial lift.
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