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Mast winter storage.
This topic comes on now and then.
I just got a new boat this season. I am getting warm about storing the boat with its mast up for the north-eastern Canadian winter. I am not all convince yet that it a good thing to do. The radar was mounted on the mast and the boat mast has two spreaders and in mast furling. When they commissioned the boat, it took them 2-3 days to do so. At this time, I do not know how long it will take me to get the mast down, taking care of the spreaders look after the radar and prep the mast for indoor storage in a very crowded spar shed. Maybe the wear and tear of removing the mast, pushing it in an already overcrowded spar shed is more than leaving the mast installed on the boat. In addition, in the spring at launch I will have to tune the mast again and install the radar and connections. Conversely, I have heard stories that leaving the mast on during the winter may cause stress on the rigging and loosen the anchor plates. I would appreciate to get comments on this subject. |
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