Interesting. How do you handle the split backstay while doing that? Can you use a gin pole to assist you in lowering the mast? I built up my boom crutch with a nice big trailer roller on it so once I drop it onto that I can just roooolll it forward so the step rests on the bow pulpit. Then I just gather up the shrouds, etc. with the bungee cord treatement. On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 1:04 PM, John Schinnerer <john@eco-living.net> wrote:
On my M17, the mast is raised and lowered forward, not aft. It came set up that way, and I like it for various reasons. One is that the head of the mast is at the front of the boat. So after the mast comes down and is slid back onto the crutch at the rear, I just collect the stays & shrouds starting at the mast head up at the bow, and working down the mast/aft on the boat. I bungee them along the mast as I go along. The shrouds & forestay I keep bundling to the mast towards the bottom/stern, until the remaining slack forms a large/soft "U," just a bit aft of the companionway. The backstay (which you haven't got on an M15) I just run all the way to the bottom/aft, bundling it to the mast along with the halyards & topping lift.
cheers, John S.
On 11/16/2016 08:31 PM, Josh ua wrote:
On Honeybee (M15 hn 115) I gather all three together in an approximately 18 inch diameter coil and securely suspend the coil from the cradled mast near their attachment points using caution to avoid kinks and chafe. Just curious to hear how you do it.
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