[Public-list] Tabernacle

George Dinwiddie gdinwiddie at alberg30.org
Fri Dec 16 19:52:26 PST 2005


FINNUS505 at aol.com wrote:
> The tradtional way of stepping a mast without a crane is to use mast  
> 'scissors'. For an A30, I would imagine you would need 2, 20 foot long beams, at  
> least 4 or five inches in diameter I would think, that had their bases fixed in  
> position at the chainplates, and their apex's joined at the top.

23-1/2 feet long, but only about 3" diameter if the right stuff.  See 
http://alberg30.org/maintenance/SparsSailsRigging/UnsteppingMast/1-TheRig.html


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