Neither of them are working! Jim
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 4:16 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: mast lights Mark, besta freakin' luck over the next 48 hours....we'll be thinking of you and hoping for the best!!!!!!!!!!!! also: totally true, a crane is best case scenario but a gin pole is certainly an option and the 2x4 A-frame that has been well-documented on this list is a great option, too. btw, I may be wrong but I believe the original post is about a streaming light, as opposed to a "mast" light...not to be obnoxious, but I mean...you know. --ferd I disagree, I've stepped too many masts, some much larger than a Cat 27, > using, among other things, the spin halyard on the 40 footer down the > dock, a gin pole, an A frame and just plain ol' muscle power. > After Katrina, we used a tree to un step a 30 footer's mast in the middle > of the street and muscle power to un step a Cat 27 mast in the middle of > the harbor while the boat was impaled on a piling. > Yes, it is heavy, just use caution. > A crane is the best way to go dependant on conditions and money but not > necessary > Mark, Gratis (6115), NOLA > P.S. I've got Gratis in a 70 foot slip with double lines and the rig is > down, I hope she's still there day after tomorrow! > Want to keep your WHOLE PAYCHECK? > PLEASE VISIT http://www.fairtax.org > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 3:16 PM > Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: mast lights > > > P.S., yes, the mast MUST be handled by a crane. Trying to move the mast > around any other way is dangerous. It's heavy. > > Art Herrick > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jim Bernstorf > Date: Sunday, August 31, 2008 1:43 pm > Subject: catalina27-talk: mast lights > To: [email protected] > > > All this talk about hauling oneself up to the top of the mast > > inspired me to > > change out my non-working mast light that is mounted at the area > > of the > > spreaders. My extension ladder worked just fine to mount the > > new light. I > > discovered that the old light had dropped one of the wires and > > when I pulled > > out the slide for the port side halyard, I discovered that the > > wire was worn > > through down there. I dropped a new wire down the mast and > > spliced it there > > but the light still doesn't work. I'm fairly confident that > > things are OK > > inside the boat since I recently installed a new panel. That > > makes me think > > that it is probably a problem at the deck top in the mast. > > Having had > > several trailerable boats I am used to seeing masts that have > > hinges or > > bolts or something to pivot them into place when stepping them > > and the > > wiring connections that must be made at that time. My mast has > > nothing like > > that and appears to just sit on a plate. I am assuming that > > there are > > splices of the mast wires to the boat wires in the bottom of the mast. > > Until I noticed that there is not apparent pivot point, I > > thought that I > > could just tip the mast back about 30 degrees to access those > > wire splices. > > My slip neighbor also has a C27TR and he told me that these > > boats take a > > crane to set the mast. I assumed that he was referring to the > > weight: now > > I'm wondering if that refers to how it is mounted as well. > > > > > > > > Is it possible to tip the mast back or does it get set straight > > down on the > > plate with a crane or something. If it can't tip, that means I > > can't finish > > this repair without hiring help which I hate to do!! > > > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > > > Jim Bernstorf > > > > Jules Distribution > > > > 6025 Cloverland Drive > > > > Brentwood, TN 37027 > > > > 615.833.1848 > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.6.13/1642 - Release Date: > 8/29/2008 6:12 PM > >
