[Public-List] Mast Rigging

[mahseer at kos.net]

Don.
This is an extreme solution to storage,  it is important that the tensions
are reset correctly in the spring especially with out a backstay.  Plus
these mast are very heavy.

John Boor
MAHSEER #380




>
>  From the Hunter masts I have seen there is a fair amount of bend put
> into them from the diamonds. That said, they do start out straight. The
> chap next ot us in Burlington takes every wire and spreader  off to
> store his mast from a Hunter 36. (There is probably no backstay on this
> boat either!)
> Don
>
> On 9/12/2011 11:55 AM, John Riley wrote:
>> mahseer at kos.net wrote:
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> I guess I was thinking that on some blocks under the boat/next to the
>> boat as an option as well...not just on deck under a tarp.  Or, how
>> about OVER the canvas cover in some fashion.
>>
>> I'm just wondering...never been in a marina/club where mast storage was
>> a limiting factor on space; everywhere I've been, the masts were either
>> up or stored with the boats.  One boat yard here has a rack for masts in
>> the back of the yard, but there's only one mast on it.
>>
>> I remain, as usual, interested in the ways different
>> boaters/yards/marinas/clubs solve what is a relatively small set of
>> problems.
>>
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