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To be able to raise and lower the mast by yourself is very useful. In santa cruz when you sail you raise and lower the mast all the time to be able to go under the bridge.
Could you post a picture? I am having a hard time believing that you could raise the mast on a 28 using a tabernacle. How high above deck is the pivot?
Hi Arch,
I have a hinged tabernacle plate on my CD25d and I have also been investigating a suitable mast raising system. I don't know if there is a practical system for a spar as big as on a CD28, but Danny Klacko at Klacko Spars in Oakville, Ontario has developed what looks like a very robust system. I found him to be really knowledgeable about mast raising systems.
All the best
A friend of mine had a tabernacle installed on his Kirie Elite 37 so that he could clear local bridges that were 48 foot (listed at 50' but that was BS). He never intended it for completely lowering the mast, just lowering enough to clear the bridges. To raise it back up he used the anchor windlass and a line attached to the head stay. The "never intended" part happened one time when the wrong "safety line" was attached and the whole bloody thing came down! Fortunately, no one was injured and only minor damage to the dodger frame. To get it back up, we needed to raise the mast enough so the windlass had a decent purchase angle. That was solved by backing into a nearby "high-n-dry" facility and using their fork lift to raise the mast.
The key questions are:
1) are the shrouds rigged to pivot are the same spot as the tabernacle?
2) do you have a jack-pole or job-pole that can attach to the mast/tabernacle at a 90 degree angle to the horizontal mast?
3) do you have a windlass strong enough to lift the mast, using the jack-pole?
With out pictures, I cannot offer any more advice...
-michael & Toni CDSOA #789
s/v KAYLA CD28 #318
2012 FLSTC Heritage Classic
Niceville FL +30° 30' 24.60", -86° 26' 32.10"
"Just because it worked, doesn't mean it works." -me
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To be able to raise and lower the mast by yourself is very useful. In santa cruz when you sail you raise and lower the mast all the time to be able to go under the bridge.
No one interested ?
arch
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Rick
1984 CD22
Excuse auto-correct typos courtesy of iOS...or simply lazy typing
I have the tabernacle installed on my cape dory 28 and have used it many times.
Just forgot the way to use it as have not used it for many years.
This is the way it is rigged. I did not do the rigging.
easy to drop the mast. Pivot turnbuckle is added to the side shrouds so the pivot point for the mast and shroud lined up. The mast pivots around a pin at the base of the mast. The pin lines up with the turnbuckle pins. A pair of guy wires goes from the turnbuckles to the end of the boom.
The main sheet is used to lower and raise the mast.
I have a new Dwyer hinge for my CD26 mast but won't have it installed until next season. My plan for raising and lowering will be modeled after this one.
