Chrysler Sailors Forum

Another idea on raising the mast. Can I just attach a long pole ( steel or aluminum ) to the forestay pin on the bow deck, and tie the pole to the pupit. The top of the pole would have a block to pass the jib stay and rope through and someone stands on the launch ramp, pulls the mast up while I am in the stern getting the mast started up. Then when the mast is up, fasten to bow hole thing ( don't know the proper name ) and remove the long pole. The angle would not be ideal but easier than just pulling the mast up. Does this make sense or am I smokin' ??

That would be doable however you really do not need the pole if you are pulling from the ground.


A method I prefer to use because it is so mch faster is the three person method.

I am aboard. Two guys on the ground. Using the main halyard and Jib halyard attatch one end to the base of the mast. The other end of each halyard goes through the mast sheeves like normal. Temporarily add a length of line to each halyard. Run one forward and to port, one foward and to starboard.

I lift the mast as high as I can from the cockpit of the boat. Two guys, one on each halyard and extension pull evenly. As the mast rises out of my reach I guide each helper to go faster or slower keeping the mast straight as it goes up. I can raise or lower the mast in just a few minutes this way. The bridle and single handed method takes me about 45 minutes each way to get set up and then do the job and then disassemble.




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Scott

yeah, I think that is the way to go. Simple and safe and fast. Russ

OK, I'll bite... what's your source to order the other two people?

Here in Colorado, It's my wife & I, and she's just a little petite bit of a thing. I'm pretty much thinking I've got to come up with a reliable, safe, repeatable one-manable system.

Paul

I agree, where did you get these extra people?

My boat came with a gin pole and baby stays. It is so simple to raise the mast, that I only need my wife to insure that no cables get tangled on the wenches as I raise the mast.

This Spring, I will experiment with using velcro straps on the cables. As the mast is raised, they should easily pull apart and it may become a simple one-man operation.

1) Make a dedicated gin pole! Once the mast is raised, you can simply store the pole on your trailer. Mine has the mast rod on one end, and four cable loops on the other end. A rather simple device to make.

2) Make baby stays to secure the mast as it is being raised. There are no alternatives to this and absolutly vital.

Shunt1

I too am of a mind that a safe and reliable one-man operation if need be is the best way to go no matter the extra time it may take. I understand making a dedicated gin pole, but being new to all of this explain to me baby stays and their function? Are baby stays just another name for bridles or are they something totally different?

Terrence
Wilmington N.C.
Chrysler 26 1980
Pandora (for now)