Ashton, I learned to sail out of Santa Cruz (well there were the sun fish on some mountains lakes 10 years prior) and the Santa Cruz Rig, as we all called it, is exactly what you want to duck a bridge.
I build my mast raising system as a mirror image Santa Cruz Rig in a couple of hours on the dock in Richmond (Wing Tip came with a tabernacle), lowered the mast, and motored to yard to be hoisted on to a new trailer. If we had You Tube back then I'd show some SC inner and outer harbor action. The boats never slow down the mast just lowers like they are jousting, they duck the bridge, and it starts coming back up. About mid way down the outer harbor the mast is back up. By the time they make the turn at the breakwater the sails are set. Phil Agur s/v Wing Tip Secretary, Call Sign WCW3485 IC27/270A MMSI 366901790 www.catalina27.org Vessel Doc# 1039809 ----- Original Message ----- From: Dennis Andersen To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 12:44 PM Subject: RE: catalina27-talk: Catalina27-talk: Installation of a mast hinge/tabernacle This may interest you: http://www.blumhorst.com/catalina27/mast-step-install.htm Take care, DJ Andersen C27 #1403 BroadReach 5900 ft in the air at Bear Lake UT/ID > Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 11:38:51 -0700 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: catalina27-talk: Catalina27-talk: Installation of a mast hinge/tabernacle > To: [email protected] > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hello there, > > We are installing a mast tabernacle on my Catalina 27 (1976, SR) so we can drop the mast to get under the Riva bridge. The current mast step is just screwed into the cabin roof. > > Has anyone bolted their mast step through the cabin roof (with a plate below)? We would like to bolt it through the roof with a steel backing plate to make sure it is anchored securely. Any thoughts? > > Just looking for some guidance - it seems like this group has seen/done it all! > > Thanks, > Ashton Bauersfeld > Great Blue > #2811 > Soon-to-be-on-the-South-River, MD > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep your kids safer online with Windows Live Family Safety. Help protect your kids.
