On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 17:14:57 GMT, "Roger Long"
wrote:

"Brian Whatcott" wrote

NEXT: How to winch up the mast, single handed?


Get a four part tackle like a boom vang with a cam cleat and a line
long enough for it to go all the way up the mast. Hoist it up with a
jib halyard; not one with an external block like a spinnaker halyard
unless you trust it with your life. Then pull yourself up. If the
cleat or your hands slip, you'll come down fast but still a lot slower
than on a single part. You'll also be able to squeeze the tackle to
stop if you screw up the belaying.

Once you price all the gear to do this, you'll realize you can have a
yard guy go up two or three times for the same amount. Let them do
it. They're lighter, younger, and more expendable.


Hehe...good answer! But I had in mind erecting the mast on
an SC23 using a winch line through a block on top of a 6 ft.tall
trailer strut hooked to the the forestay; the mast foot pinned a la
Hobie, while the mast rests on an 8 ft strut placed in the rudder
gudgeons. If I try this single handed - the mast weaves sidewards -So
I have one person each side holding lines from the side stays.
(One crew, one innocent bystander usually)

Regards

Brian Whatcott