Very interesting video regarding the stepping of a mast!
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LOL, that's my ole cajun buddy Shane, aboard his Neptune 24, Night Moves. He posts on the Trailer sailor forum if anyone wants to ask him questions. Gosh, he made that video years ago
- Sep 8, 2009
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What's "insanely smart" and simple is where he placed the intermediate "crutch", inside the cabin, which apparently makes raising the mast rather easy!
Thought we had a simple method until we watched the video! When we are ready to raise the mast and launch our 19 footer, we drive our tow vehicle forward down the launch ramp until the front wheels are almost in the water. This puts the sailboat's bow pointing down, which makes raising the mast much eaiser. We raise (push) the mast up! Then we back the tow vehicle up the ramp, turn it around and back the sailboat down the ramp and into the water. First time a fellow boater saw us driving our tow vehicle forward down the ramp, he though we were a "little crazy", until we raised the mast!
Thought we had a simple method until we watched the video! When we are ready to raise the mast and launch our 19 footer, we drive our tow vehicle forward down the launch ramp until the front wheels are almost in the water. This puts the sailboat's bow pointing down, which makes raising the mast much eaiser. We raise (push) the mast up! Then we back the tow vehicle up the ramp, turn it around and back the sailboat down the ramp and into the water. First time a fellow boater saw us driving our tow vehicle forward down the ramp, he though we were a "little crazy", until we raised the mast!
That's one of the fastest most ingenious ways of getting up a mast. If he ever decides to buy a CDI Roller Furler for his boat, he'll need to make some critical changes in his mast raising/lowering procedure though. I'm sure that he could come up with something that would work. A great video!
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