Ron
I've been stepping and un-stepping my mast for 30 years. Since '05 on Persuasion. And just to add some fun I have to thread the needle because the mast is held with Spartite. If you have your owners manual it will show you where to pick the mast up. I'm about 2 ft above the first spreader. You want to be slightly heavy on the lower end. I put the sling around the mast at the right location and then I take a line from the sling to the goose neck and tie it off. Remember this line will stretch some. To remove the mast I put the sling and line in place apply a little tension with the crane then remove the shrouds and stays. Since the crane is not at the top of your mast you won't have to worry about what is up there. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ronald B. Frerker <rbfrer...@yahoo.com> Date: Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 11:54 AM Subject: Re: Stus-List unstepping mast To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> So does everyone usually slide the strap or line up to the spreaders to lift the mast out? I've been doing that, but the marina operator thinks that's wrong. He suggested that I keep it a few inches lower and tie off the "tail" of the line to the gooseneck. I tried that and the mast was completely unbalanced and rubbing badly on the deck collar. I quickly dropped it back and used the spreaders again. I have to admit, I'm not sure the spreaders were meant for that load. What do others do? Ron Wild Cheri C&C 30 STL ------------------------------ *From:* J.P. <ja...@jpiworldwide.com> *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com *Sent:* Wednesday, January 8, 2014 10:45 AM *Subject:* Re: Stus-List unstepping mast Hi, I recently stepped, unstepped, and "re-stepped" my mast for my C&C 34 (we did a survey, hauled the boat, refitted, and then floated the boat after several iterations of work). I have also stepped and unstepped my Rawson 31' and my Ericson 35'. The C&C was by far the easiest. Because it steps to the keel through the deck, there really isn't much danger of doing it "wrong" . Any decent boat yard with a crane (and I did two of my boats in Dana Point where they had a good boat yard), will pull it for you... I had a set of saw horses set up to hold it while I refinished my mast (stripped and treated the aluminum and repainted, rewired etc... changed all the lights and instruments). It only took me and the crane operator to pull the mast for the C&C... the crane operator was good. I just undid the standing rigging, he slipped the straps around the mast and pulled it out... I steadied the end of the mast as he swung it to the saw horses. One thing to keep in mind is that there are little oak wedges at the deck plate. I refabricated mine to better fit the mast, I would suggest checking those every time you pull the mast. JP _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com -- Mike S/V Persuasion C&C 37 K/CB
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