lundi 25 juillet 2011

Rigging up the mast

So, here is a question that everyone has: How do you rig up a 30ft mast onto a 18ft boat.
It took me a while before having a good answer.
I made a smaller mast with a jib. The mast and the gib are each 2" aluminum pipe, 4 m long. The mast rests on the centerboard trunk, where I have attached a round piece of wood that fits inside the mast pipe end. There are 3 stays to hold the mast in position.




The jib is attached to the mast, about mid height with a pivot.


The hook is made of a longer rope around the main mast and that can slide long it up to the spreader bars.

Once all is in place, one just need to lift and another one old the main mast step, since this one is ligther than the main mast head.




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