I also have used this method, it was quite simple and worked great.
Two boats with masts close to the same height on either side and some
easy winching....
Bill missed one important note, one needs a case of beer and 16 or 20
fellow club members to watch and offer advice in order to truly enjoy
the complete experience!
Dave Robinson
Peregrine
1978 Catalina 27 #3695
QCYC, Toronto
"Any damn fool can navigate the world sober. It takes a really good
sailor to do it drunk".
-Sir Francis Chichester while loading his boat with gin.
On 2-Apr-09, at 6:43 PM, Smith Crew wrote:
Mike -
I used the A-frame method to take down my rig and Lee is right... it
can get hairy.
A method a boat in fleet 8 used a few years back was to simply
utilize the halyards from two Catalina 27s docked in adjacent
slips. The two outside boats hoisted the mast up attached near the
spreaders then pivoted it into place. Simple, effective and I wish
I had thought of that.
Using two adjacent sailboats is the method I'll be using this spring
instead of the A-frame method.
Just an alternative suggestion.
Bill Smith
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee Scott" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2009 11:20:41 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [IC27A] Perryville, MD HELP!
Mike,
Are you covering a round-trip plane ticket? :-)
I stepped mine last year, and I used the instructions here at
http://www.catalina27.org/SN-FTP/mastraising.jpg
It was a little scary at first, but after raising and lowering it
twice to correct criss-crossed halyards, etc., it I got a lot more
confident in the process. The only thing I did different from the
instructions was I used the mainsheet and fiddle blocks from my
Catalina 22 to do the lifting, rather than using just a single block
at the top. That made the lifting easy enough for my wife to do it
while I and a friend swung the base of the mast into place. The
only thing I'd change is I'd make the A-frame about a foot taller
than they say in the instructions. With the fiddle block at the top
rather than a single block, the mast was hard up against it and as
high as it would go before I had enough clearance at the base to
place it on a 4x4 wooden block.
Placing it on the 4x4 wooden block lets you connect all the wiring
and test it before you drop it onto the step. Good luck!
Lee Scott
LEE A. SCOTT
Shelby, AL
http://www.oldjags.com
[email protected]
Mike wrote:
Hello, Group! I'm looking for somebody in the Perryville, MD area
who can lend me some dockside advice. I've got a C27 I need some
experienced help with, mostly in getting the mast stepped. I'm not
looking for somebody to it FOR ME, just somebody to help ME DO IT.
If you're in the area please drop me an email, I'm covering gas and
buying drinks. I'm stuck between a rock and hard spot, your
assistance is apprecitated!!!
Mike
[email protected]
