[Public-List] lifting mast to deck

Thu Jul 28 12:58:43 PDT 2011

Thanks Tom,

I like the ladder/slide idea; push and step.  I forgot drop in my stout
radar mast mounted aft and to starboard.  Figure if I first get the mast on
deck forward with the base about 6' forward of the bow, I can then
push/slide the middle up a ladder while hauling up the masthead with a line
running from the radar mast to a winch.  Nice thing about the radar mast is
it is taller than the cabin top so I will have help lifting the mast from
the side deck to the cabin top.  Sounds so easy think I will do it myself
(ha, ha).

Roger 148 

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[mailto:public-list-bounces at lists.alberg30.org] On Behalf Of Tom S.
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 3:21 PM
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Subject: Re: [Public-List] mast weight

Roger,

I have done this several times and will do it again Sunday. This works 
best if you have a couple of stout helpers.

What has worked best for me is to remove the life line and the three 
stanchions from the starboard side (or port if you prefer)  of the boat. 
Keep in mind at this point my mast is just the stick. No rigging, no 
spreaders. Instead of 2x4's I use an extension ladder and separate the 
two halves. My boat sets only nine feet off of the ground (low profile 
trailer) and I lash the two ladder sections to the toe rail so they 
won't slip. Next I wrap an old towel around the mast where it is to ride 
up the ladder sections.

Now with the help of my friends I place the mast on a couple of saw 
horses or other form of support with the towels around the mast where it 
slides up the ladder. Now you can do a couple of things depending the 
quality of your help.

I like to tie a line off to a suitable spot on the cabin top and bring 
it down under the mast and then back up to the cockpit winch. For the 
front end can either rout a line through a snatch or two and back to the 
other winch or use a preventer or another purchase mechanism. You can 
now walk the mast up the ladder with good enough help and just have 
someone crank the winch etc to give assistance.

Once you get the mast on the side of the boat it is easy to get it in 
position with one good helper. Remember you can place one end on a 
fender or a couple of  life cushions and pick up the other end. You do 
not need to lift the whole thing at one time.

Hope this helps.

-tom s

On 7/28/2011 1:31 PM, Roger L. Kingsland wrote:
> I thinking more like 300 pounds.  Does anyone have advice on how to horse
> the mast onto the deck?  With the boat on the trailer, my side decks are
> about 10' off the ground.  I was thinking of taking the stanchions off and
> pulling the mast up from the deck on 2 diagonal 2x4s about 15' apart so
> pullers would be working from cockpit and bow deck.  Guess I would have to
> hold the tops of the 2x4s out with some kind of deck mounted brackets so
the
> mast clears the fat part of the boat amidships.  I'm not too sure how to
get
> it from the side deck to the cabin top and onto the pull/push pits?
>
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:public-list-bounces at lists.alberg30.org] On Behalf Of Tom S.
> Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 12:35 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Public-List] mast weight
>
> Dan,
>
> I am going to have to get my mast back up on the top of my boat on
> Sunday. I will try to get a consensus from my helpers if you don't get
> an answer before then. I presently have it setting on four 2X4 posts
> with brackets at the top. I just went out and was able to lift one one
> end without too much dificulty. I would guess it at about 200 lbs. or
> so. But that is only a guess.
>
> -tom s
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>
> On 7/28/2011 11:43 AM, dan walker wrote:
>> does any one know the approximate weight of the alberg 30 mast
>> thanks
>> dan
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