Jennifer, For me, it depends on whether or not two people are raising.. ? A simple gin-pole is easy to use with two people, but if I was by myself I would prefer an a-frame system. Why so? An a frame can be stopped partway up and the mast does not sway easily from side to side so person can “let go” momentarily to in-snag a halyard or stay that can easily get caught. I purchased my M17 recently and have not yet raised the mast, but I built a gin pole system for my other boats—Compac 23, Slipper 17, O’Day Mariner 19. On Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 10:33 PM Jennifer Wood < jennifer@buskersguidetotheuniverse.org> wrote:
Been scouring YouTube for a decent example. So far have seen one very over-engineered solution, and a couple of clips from bad angles of another...
Anyone have tips, plans, links or other resources for this?
It can't be too bad the mast goes up/down pretty easy with one helper
Cheers! --Jen