If you will pardon an added word from an unofficial member of your fleet...
I usually lower my mast each October and bring my boat home to an indoor shop;
then raise it again in April (as I sail on a lake that freezes over every
winter, and this also allows me to suspend the boat from an I-beam in the shop
to do any jobs on her bottom.)
I have raised and lowered the mast both on the hard and on the water. I
have an old experienced Santana salesman who runs the show while I hire two
muscular, obedient teenagers to join me in the work (with help from my
non-sailing husband). The easiest time we ever had doing this job was on the water
when my slip was next to (end to end, not side by side) a cooperative larger
boat, and I was able to use his taller mast and halyard to raise the mast.
Happy winter sailing, all of you Bay area sailors. I will be indoors quilting.
(sigh)
Mary
In a message dated 12/6/2008 6:30:55 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,
djmeyer16 at yahoo.com writes:
As for helping me lower the mast, that I would greatly appreciate, not only
for the extra manpower but also some guidance from someone with some
experience removing masts (the largest mast I ever took down was probably on a
Laser!)
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