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If you removed the mast step consider installing a hinged mast step. It's an easy install, not very expensive and makes raising the mast a whole lot easier.

Sadly Peking now sits deteriorating at dock at NY's South Street Seaport. I spent some time working as a volunteer on her about 10 years ago.

Instead of "structural" I proabaly should say non load bearing when the mast is upright. I imagine the yard would use a crane to step the mast, but if they don't and step it with lines and pulleys there is the risk it could snap off again if they allow the mast to swing.
Lucky you, not having to ...

Tim,

It looks welded to me, there's a line across the front side of the hook. the hook fits into a slot on the base of the mast. Once the mast is upright and settled onto the step the hook is not structural. However in raising the mast if the mast swings left or it can cause the hook to snap, it ...

Nice boat....looks like the PO snapped the mast hook ... Not that I know anything about that Consider adding a hinged mast plate to your list.

I'm typing this on the only Internet device working, my smart phone. A quick report from NYC and LI. 90% of LI without power. Yesterday went to check on a house we own on the south shore of LI, the two marinas within 1/4 mike are literally gone. Nothing left, no boats, no docks,shore buildings badly ...

Check out CaptainScott's profile he has video on mast raising and lowering with very detailed instructions.

Maybe just long enough to get a line around it.

A crane would work... Sorry that was not helpful,

We had to beach our C-22 once after the keel cable snapped and punched a hole in the trunk and 1/2 sunk her. Were able to have it towed up on a beach alongside the morning field at high tide. When the tide receded we made a temp repair of the hole, bailed about a ton of water out of the cabin. A ...

We always used a tow rope to ease it down the ramp, but it takes a set of brass ones to do it with a 38 foot fixed keel Beneteau

I loves the audio... "Am I going off the side of the ramp like I think I am?"

Maybe she's just buttoned up for the off season and he wants to give an idea of what she's like rigged?

We towed... Short distances... Twice a season With a Dodge Caravan I would not recommend it, very high pucker factor

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Hinged Mast Plate

We ran a line through a small block at the top of the mast. Attach one end via shakle to the end of the boom, make it off on a cleat on the mast.

Welcome to my world Mark!!!

it's a snubber

It's tempting.... so close.

An inexpensive fix for the spreader issue is to mount stanchion or flag pole bases on the mast, West marine has them, then use the old spreader pole and set with a screw.

Shocking and so very sad!

Well done, great pics... one suggestion, pull in the fenders

Velcro?

The guys in that video iare just stupid

We went to the NY Boat Show today. No sail boats. But we did see a very interesting sailing/yak a Trimaran by Hobie.

20+ inches of snow here! Nothing moving. Some knucklehead tried to drive down my block last night and got stuck so even the plow can't get through.

I can't take credit??? for this display, it belongs to a neighbor. The lights are so bright that one year I was able to spot the house landing at Laguardia Airport!

http://newyork.craigslist.org/wch/boa/2059143988.html

This is the guy we sold to, if he gets his price he certainly made a good investment.

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Sorry I can't locate a picture. Hubby put something togtherfor transport and storage using scrap that was around, a peice of plywood about 18 inches wide 3 feet high with a notch cut on top to rest the mast. He screwed it to a 2 x 4, flat edge down, along the bottom edge wide enough to go laterally ...

We drilled a hole through the pin and stuck a long cotter through it, that keeps it from dropping into the boom.