In article .com,
"MikeC" wrote:

I was worried about getting the straps down under the keel and not
wacking the mast.

Is there something I should know about the whole procedure before I
give it a try???


You'll want the already-mentioned double-sling. Lifting the boat with
one strap on the keel won't hurt it, but you'll want to mark where you
want the slings to go anyway. That can be done while the boat's on the
trailer

Step and unstep the mast on the water as the shrouds will probably get
in the way of the hoist.

The lift operator(s) will probably already know how to do it right. Ask
them.

BTW, if you have keel bolts like the Tanzer 22s, they bolt a lifting
bridle to two of them that the hoist can just hook to. After the
initial setup, it seems the easiest way to hoist. I'm sure there's a
picture of one in one of the links at
http://www.magma.ca/~tanzer22/t22link.htm

Hmmm. As I did a quick Google, I noticed this endorsement:
http://bbs.trailersailor.com/forums/...noframes/read/
35355


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