Re: [Cal_Boats] Re: cal 27 mast

Just be smart. There's a Selden Mast Rigging guide that's googlable on the internet. It's 27 pages of illustrations and it covers most situations. A rookie mistake is to think that the spreader is "supposed to be" perpendicular to the mast. The uppers are actually canted up a bit so that the spreader bisects the angle that the upper makes when going round the spreader. In other words, the spreader to stay angle is equal for angle masthead-spreader tip-spreader base and angle spreader base-spreader tip-chainplate. George Barlow

I would think as small as a Cal 27 mast is, it would be easier and faster to drop it with a gin pole. haul it someplace and give it the attention it deserves. Just thinking! Randy Cal 2-29 Out Patient Channel Islands Ca George Barlow <ge… [at] yahoo.com> wrote: Just be smart. There's a Selden Mast Rigging guide that's googlable on the internet. It's 27 pages of illustrations and it covers most situations. A rookie mistake is to think that the spreader is "supposed to be" perpendicular to the mast. The uppers are actually canted up a bit so that the spreader bisects the angle that the upper makes when going round the spreader. In other words, the spreader to stay angle is equal for angle masthead-spreader tip-spreader base and angle spreader base-spreader tip-chainplate. George Barlow

This is good advice, Randy. I dropped the mast on my 29 with the city's dock crane and 2 guys carried it to a flatbed truck and we drove it to my house (with a big red flag, of course.). I built a 2x4 a-frame to hold the front (padded) up over the cab and we tied the base down with moving blankets wrapped around it. Wilkie > On Apr 18, 2014, at 10:02 AM, Randy <sa… [at] yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > I would think as small as a Cal 27 mast is, it would be easier and faster to drop it with a gin pole. haul it someplace and give it the attention it deserves. > > Just thinking! > > Randy > Cal 2-29 > Out Patient > Channel Islands Ca > > Sent from my Samsung Epic™ 4G > > > > George Barlow <ge… [at] yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Just be smart. There's a Selden Mast Rigging guide that's googlable on the internet. It's 27 pages of illustrations and it covers most situations. A rookie mistake is to think that the spreader is "supposed to be" perpendicular to the mast. The uppers are actually canted up a bit so that the spreader bisects the angle that the upper makes when going round the spreader. In other words, the spreader to stay angle is equal for angle masthead-spreader tip-spreader base and angle spreader base-spreader tip-chainplate. > > ___________________ > George Barlow > > > > > > > > > >

The 2-27 mast is deck-stepped and 36 ft long. We stepped ours using another boat's rig as the crane. Here is a link to our rebuild project. https://www.flickr.com/photos/stefsail/sets/72157622081060993/ View on www.flickr.com Preview by Yahoo Michael From: David Owen <dw… [at] me.com> To: "Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com" <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2014 2:06 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Re: cal 27 mast This is good advice, Randy. I dropped the mast on my 29 with the city's dock crane and 2 guys carried it to a flatbed truck and we drove it to my house (with a big red flag, of course.). I built a 2x4 a-frame to hold the front (padded) up over the cab and we tied the base down with moving blankets wrapped around it. Wilkie On Apr 18, 2014, at 10:02 AM, Randy <sa… [at] yahoo.com> wrote: I would think as small as a Cal 27 mast is, it would be easier and faster to drop it with a gin pole. haul it someplace and give it the attention it deserves. > > >Just thinking! > > >Randy >Cal 2-29 >Out Patient >Channel Islands Ca > >Sent from my Samsung Epic™ 4G > > >George Barlow <ge… [at] yahoo.com> wrote: > > > >Just be smart. There's a Selden Mast Rigging guide that's googlable on the internet. It's 27 pages of illustrations and it covers most situations. A rookie mistake is to think that the spreader is "supposed to be" perpendicular to the mast. The uppers are actually canted up a bit so that the spreader bisects the angle that the upper makes when going round the spreader. In other words, the spreader to stay angle is equal for angle masthead-spreader tip-spreader base and angle spreader base-spreader tip-chainplate. > >___________________ > George Barlow > > > > > > >

I dropped mine on my 29 by stepping a pole behind it. This video, I used a cal 20 mast as the lifting pole. I have built a box out of 2x6's and used that. With this method, I always put a support under the deck where the lifting pole is. The pole is secured at the base, secured to where the lowers attached and secured to the stern cleats and bow cleats. I use my mainsheet with a 4:1 to raise and lower the mast. It works fairly well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4mHCOHu2Dk East coast cal 29 sailor. On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 2:12 PM, Michael D <md… [at] yahoo.com> wrote: > > > The 2-27 mast is deck-stepped and 36 ft long. We stepped ours using > another boat's rig as the crane. > > Here is a link to our rebuild project. > https://www.flickr.com/photos/stefsail/sets/72157622081060993/ > [image: image]<https://www.flickr.com/photos/stefsail/sets/72157622081060993/> > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/stefsail/sets/72157622081060993/> > View on www.flickr.com<https://www.flickr.com/photos/stefsail/sets/72157622081060993/> > Preview by Yahoo > > Michael > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* David Owen <dw… [at] me.com> > *To:* "Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com" <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> > *Sent:* Friday, April 18, 2014 2:06 PM > *Subject:* Re: [Cal_Boats] Re: cal 27 mast > > > This is good advice, Randy. I dropped the mast on my 29 with the city's > dock crane and 2 guys carried it to a flatbed truck and we drove it to my > house (with a big red flag, of course.). I built a 2x4 a-frame to hold the > front (padded) up over the cab and we tied the base down with moving > blankets wrapped around it. > > Wilkie > > Sent from my iPad > > On Apr 18, 2014, at 10:02 AM, Randy <sa… [at] yahoo.com> wrote: > > I would think as small as a Cal 27 mast is, it would be easier and faster to > drop it with a gin pole. haul it someplace and give it the attention it > deserves. > > Just thinking! > > Randy > Cal 2-29 > Out Patient > Channel Islands Ca > > Sent from my Samsung Epic™ 4G > > > > George Barlow <ge… [at] yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > Just be smart. There's a Selden Mast Rigging guide that's googlable on > the internet. It's 27 pages of illustrations and it covers most > situations. A rookie mistake is to think that the spreader is "supposed to > be" perpendicular to the mast. The uppers are actually canted up a bit so > that the spreader bisects the angle that the upper makes when going round > the spreader. In other words, the spreader to stay angle is equal for > angle masthead-spreader tip-spreader base and angle spreader base-spreader > tip-chainplate. > ___________________ > George Barlow > > > > > > > > > > >