The mast of a sailing vessel is a tall spar, or arrangement of spars, erected more or less vertically on the centre-line of a ship or boat. Its purposes include carrying sail, spars, and derricks, and giving necessary height to a navigation light, look-out position, signal yard, control position, radio aerial or signal lamp. Hi!
Looking for advice on removing and stepping a mast for a 1984 Hunter 27. Does anyone have experience doing this without a crane? Thanks for your time! The mast will come down on that, resting at a point that is behind the center of gravity.
dr mast orthopedic surgeon, On my mast support I put a rubber roller, like those used on boat trailers, on the frame at the point where the mast would come down on it. Once the mast was on it, I would disconnect the hinge at the base of the mast and walk it forward. The trailerable Hunters use a gin pole system for mast raising (I beleive Hunter has a video, or link to it, on using the system). Basically, the mast has a hole in the front section into which the pole is inserted. The pole has two opposing eyes on the other end.
dr mast orthopedic surgeon, The mast is up on the cabin top, perhaps a foot or so higher, making the mast in the range of 36.8 feet +/-. Of course, this doesn't tell you about the overall mast height, but if an ad listed the height as 37 feet, I could deduce they where talking about the mast form the step up. Okay, I have a pretty good idea of what the general answers are, but am curious about specifics. I've seen quite a few mast specs recently, and am curious as to the determining factors that establish mast construction and strength requirements. Specifically, I have seen boats of approximate... Hey folks, Sweetwaters (a Stevens 47) has an in-mast furling main.
In recent years the main has been getting jammed while coming out. It furls in fine, but the problem is becoming more frequent. It now happening about 50% of the time. When it jams, the only solution is to slowly work it in...
