Raising mast CD25 at dock

[Tom Foley]

Need helpful hints on how to do it.
Thanks



alewifehouse@mainecoast.net

[Jerry Hammernik]

Need helpful hints on how to do it.
Thanks

I used to raise and lower the mast on my 25 at the dock. I did it both with the mast pointing aft and forward. I liked forward better. We would put the boat in the slip with the heel of the mast at the aft end. We placed the forward pin in the tabernacle and connected the headstay and the forward lowers. The person on the dock used a 2x4 with a v shaped piece on the end to hold the mast up. We placed the boom in and hooked the topping lift up. Then we used the main sheet to raise the mast using the boom as a gin pole. Worked pretty well but I made sure the wind and waves were minimal. I switched to using the derrick at the yacht club and liked that a lot more. Less worry and fewer crew needed. Good Luck!
Jerry Hammernik
Lion's Paw CD 28 #341



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[Dan H]

Tom
Your timing is great. I am finally closing on what will be my CD25 this coming Sunday morning. Part of the closing is a lesson in stepping the mast with a homemade gin pole system made by the current owner. I will let you know Monday how that goes. In the meantime, there is an article in the current issue of Good Old Boat that deals with this subject. It includes diagrams and design instructions. I found it very informative.

Need helpful hints on how to do it.
Thanks

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[Al Levesque]

Need helpful hints on how to do it.

The first year we lowered the mast on our CD25 we had a truck with a long line to the halyard. The truck backed while a couple of us stood on the boat to receive the mast. There was a slight cross wind and once the aft shrouds were slack we nearly lost the tabernacle because of the torque from even a light wind. The following years we used a local bridge with a pulley and line looped under the spreaders. We used this approach for both raising and lowering.

Good luck.

Al



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