[Public-List] Mast Rigging

[Don Campbell]

not bad for being at Borden all weekend as per your Aug 18 note but it 
is always more fun to sail your own boat in any race!
D

On 9/10/2011 8:00 PM, Gordon Laco wrote:
> We dismantle our spreaders and stow the mast on deck.    With a carefully measured 2x4 supporting the middle, the mast serves as the ridge pole for our winter cover.
>
> So, we're rafted up at our Club's annual Hog Roast regatta dinner.   Am pleased to report we won the big brass pig trophy today...  totus porkus, whole hog.   Touch Wood got her Name on this trophy (it's a giant brass pig) now Surprise has her name on it twice now.  It was a real battle over six hours...
>
> Gord #426 Surprise
>
> On Sep 10, 2011, at 5:33 PM, mahseer at kos.net wrote:
>
>>> mahseer at kos.net wrote:
>>>> I totally agree with Gord about taking down the mast as is the policy at
>>>> our yacht club.  However unless you remove all of the intermediate
>>>> rigging
>>>> and spreaders which I do not recommend, one mast will take up more real
>>>> estate than all other masts on the mast rack. We have 4 such masts and
>>>> is
>>>> up taking space we could use to store more boats.
>>>>
>>>> John Boor
>>>> MAHSEER #380
>>>>
>>>>
>> Because of the jumper struts between each sets of spreaders stoting on the
>> boat is not practical.  This is not possible if you have a canvas cover.
>>
>> John Boor
>> MAHSEER #380
>>
>>
>>> Instead of being stored on a separate mast rack, can they not be stored
>>> with each boat, thus not taking up extra real estate?
>>>
>>> Just curious,
>>>
>>> --
>>> John S. Riley
>>> S/V Gaelic Sea
>>> 1972 Alberg 30 #521
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