Wanted to Buy: MAST MATE

[Frank Vernet]

Hi Everyone,

I'm interested in buying a Mast Mate for my CD-33. The P value is 37'.

Anyone out there looking to sell theirs?

Let me know.

Thanks

Frank

[darmoose]

Frank

I have a Mastmate (at least I think that is what itis) which i think is at least 37ft long. It is at my boat on the magothy. I live in Severna park, north of Annapolis. Are you still interested in finding one?

Darrell

[Frank Vernet]

Darrell,

The link below will take you to the Mast Mate website:

http://www.mastmate.com/

Does yours look like those? What size CD do you have? That will tell me if it may be long/tall enough.

Thanks

Frank[/url]

[RIKanaka]

Have any of you used Mastmate? Looks interesting. Are 3/4" nylon internal track slides strong enough to hold this in place (I suppose the bulk of the weight is carried by the halyard)?

[Frank Vernet]

Bob,

You'll get a better response if you post the question to the General Board. I don't think too many CD'ers regularly "troll" this Buy/Sell Board.

Frank

[darmoose]

Frank

Sorry I took so long to get back to you, I haven't been paying attention. I left you a private message in reply to yours.

Darrell

[Russell]

Frank, I am curious as to why you want a mastmate rather then an ATN top climber? I went the top climber route myself and I am happy with it, though it is a bit of a work out to use it seems more practical to me.

[Jerezana]

I had a Mast Mate with me when I was out cruising single handed for 9 years and loved it. At the time, my boat was a Crealock 37 with a second track on the mast, presumably for a storm jib. With the extra track, I could leave all the mainsail slides on their track while running the mast up on the other. Once I pulled the halyard taut, I felt perfectly secure going up and down and working at the top.

[BillNH]

Frank, I am curious as to why you want a mastmate rather then an ATN top climber? I went the top climber route myself and I am happy with it, though it is a bit of a work out to use it seems more practical to me.

I've used both, and found the MastMate much more stable than the Topclimber. Working off a fixed mast allows much less motion, as opposed to a halyard that is only fixed at the ends (no matter how taut it is). If you only have a single mast track (like most boats) the Mastmate will require you to strike the main if you need to go aloft underway, but the Topclimber underway can be a wild ride in itself! Once set up the MastMate is much quicker to go up and down. One disadvantage of the Mastmate however, is that it's no good for working away from the mast (like resecuring spreader boots or unfouling a wrapped ensign on the backstay).