Thanks for the help -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces+jaytownley=alamedanet.net@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces+jaytownley=alamedanet.net@mailman.xmission. com] On Behalf Of Howard Audsley Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 12:50 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: lateral mast movement when raising/lowering I raise and lower my M17 mast from the cockpit using the sheet winches to help. Put a line through a snatch block on the stem fitting, to the jib halyard. Take 2 or 3 wraps around the starboard winch. Standing in the cockpit, raise the mast to shoulder height, then take up the slack. Raise it as high as you can reach, then take up the slack. At that point, you should be able to grind it up. Once it's up, cleat off the line and go forward to pin the forestay. To bring it down....same setup. Line through a snatch block to the jib halyard. Snug it up with the sheet winch and cleat it off. Let off tension at the backstay, pull the forestay pin, then back to the cockpit, where you have 2 or 3 wraps. Then start letting some line out. The mast comes down slowly and controlled. Past 45 degrees, it will tension everything up fast.....but hang on and let it out just an inch or two at a time, until you can catch the mast, then let it on down. Have your rudder off and mast carrier on to catch it. I also remove the hatch cover going both directions. Top bars are varnished up and I don't want them harmed. Howard On Oct 29, 2006, at 11:00 AM, Jay Townley wrote:
I want to be able to raise/lower my mast (using my winch). It appears to me that I would have to use T-ball fittings on the mast for stays that have a pivot point in line with the mast pivot point. I.e., would not the current shrouds, with the fitting at the deck level which is below the pivot point on the mast allow the mast to move from side to side during the initial lifting area? With the Beneteau 235, which had the mast pivot point about 15" off of the deck, I installed T fittings about 6' up the mast, with a line/wire down to a pivot point in line with the mast pivot point - hence when raising the mast it could not move from side to side during the entire lift. It appears this will be necessary with the M-17? In short, if you use the shrouds to keep the mast from moving laterally, doesn't it move too much side to side during a lift to raise it w/o having someone in the boat guiding it? Thanks for any comments/suggestions. Jay
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