I am a new part owner of an O,Day 25 and would like some information of raising the mast. Any tips or stabilizing device that would keep the mast centered while raising. My partner and I plan the go down the ICW in Oct. 2014.
raising the mast on a O,Day 25
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Thank you. I will look at the posts. I am very new to forums also and have to pick my way around.
Even better is a crane..... check where you are going to launch as you will probably not be launching at the standard boat ramp I would think. Yes everyone, I know it can be done....... but, a lift to put the boat in the water and a crane or some other way to get the mast up is SO much easier. My 2-cents of experience.
That's true, if you a) only need to do it very infrequently, and/or b) want to keep paying someone to do it each time. If you're able to use the pole, and are proficient after a few times up and down, there's no need to pay someone else to do that job for you especially on a trailerable that's designed for it.
here's a demo on an Oday 25 mast raising:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE9YrZ_slHc
Auggie,
Go to the Boat Info at the top of this page. Then O'day Boat Info, click on the "25", then downloads, then O'day Owner Modifications. 4th from bottom you will find the mast raising instructions for the O'day 25. It was for an optional kit but it will give you an idea of what you need to do.
Go to the Boat Info at the top of this page. Then O'day Boat Info, click on the "25", then downloads, then O'day Owner Modifications. 4th from bottom you will find the mast raising instructions for the O'day 25. It was for an optional kit but it will give you an idea of what you need to do.
Maybe. In the vid you have FIVE guys, doing on land, with no breeze. And it still took and hour, and was complex.
I've done many gin pole mast-jobs on bigger (23-26 foot) boats. They all seemed like a NASA launch. Good engineering, but a million things that can still go wrong.
At WYC the crane is free. Its a 10 minute job, with NO risk of something going wrong. If I had a dollar for every 'gin pole failure' I've hear about...
You get the idea.
Seriously. If you had a mast crane available, you'd use it.
If I had a crane, and If it were free, sure. I also just realized that the way they raised in that video was backwards, which probably added a ton more level of difficulty than needed be. With a better setup, there's no reason to fear a gin pole setup. Is there a risk? Sure. There's a lot less with a crane, obviously.
I used a make-shift pole on my 26' Excalibur with a hinged mast plate, in 10 knots of wind on the lake when we brought it down through the canal for the very first time, and total time from start to finish was maybe 10 minutes, 8 of which were making sure all lines were clear. It's really not complicated, and with more than one person, it makes it trivial most times. And depending on how you set up the rigging to raise, you can even keep both people at the mast for a majority of the raise to keep the mast centered. Once up, one goes to attach the stay, and done.
If you have access to a crane, by all means, it's the best way to do it. But for those times you don't, or when they aren't free, the pole setup really isn't bad.
Much simpler video. Shows raising and lowering, minutes each way. Yes it's on land, with a slight breeze and a couple feet shorter. But even on water, if you have 2 people, it'd be simple enough.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM8m-Orrspo
I used a make-shift pole on my 26' Excalibur with a hinged mast plate, in 10 knots of wind on the lake when we brought it down through the canal for the very first time, and total time from start to finish was maybe 10 minutes, 8 of which were making sure all lines were clear. It's really not complicated, and with more than one person, it makes it trivial most times. And depending on how you set up the rigging to raise, you can even keep both people at the mast for a majority of the raise to keep the mast centered. Once up, one goes to attach the stay, and done.
If you have access to a crane, by all means, it's the best way to do it. But for those times you don't, or when they aren't free, the pole setup really isn't bad.
Much simpler video. Shows raising and lowering, minutes each way. Yes it's on land, with a slight breeze and a couple feet shorter. But even on water, if you have 2 people, it'd be simple enough.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM8m-Orrspo