Usually the places my boat is parked while I'm rigging is flat, if the wind is very strong I'll try to park in a position to eliminate any side wind, orient the trailer into the wind, (theoretically if you park so the wind is behind you and it's strong enough.. I guess the wind could push the mast up,... pretty cool idea I'll have to work on that),any way this usually eliminates any concerns about side sway. It goes up very quickly and the stays take over to stabilise it. Wayne ----- Original Message ----- From: Egatempo@aol.com To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 6:02 PM Subject: M_Boats: Re Mast raising I'm probably not the first person to use this system, others may have different versions but this works for me. Wyane Thanks for the feed back. From your description it sounds as thou the mast is not very heavy, I am concerned with side sway. during the lift p.s. your e-mail address bounced/ George Boatless (but not for long) We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust our sails. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats