Raising/Lowering the mast using an A-Frame
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Peter Young
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Re: Raising/Lowering the mast using an A-Frame
Well done and very clear - excellent solution.
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Typhoon4Fun
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Re: Raising/Lowering the mast using an A-Frame
Many thanks, Jim, for sharing the details of your system! I modified my own approach to adopt your a-frame.
Since I do it in the water, I feel better rigging some temporary stays, which you can make out in the photos if you squint.
For a few years now I have been using a gin pole:
But this year I made an a-frame as you specified. What I love is that I am able to set the roller furler in the a-frame. It was always much more awkward before.
That looks better! Always a big weight off the shoulders.
Since I do it in the water, I feel better rigging some temporary stays, which you can make out in the photos if you squint.
For a few years now I have been using a gin pole:
But this year I made an a-frame as you specified. What I love is that I am able to set the roller furler in the a-frame. It was always much more awkward before.
That looks better! Always a big weight off the shoulders.
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wikakaru
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- Location: 1980 Typhoon #1697 "Dory"; 1981 CD22 #41 "Arietta"
Re: Raising/Lowering the mast using an A-Frame
Nice modification to extend the A-frame above the pivot a little to accommodate the roller furling. I guess that makes it an X-frame, strictly speaking?