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Mast raising system . Single handed on a Flicka 20.
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- Опубліковано 19 сер 2024
- This is my adaptation of Zeb's mast raising system that I found on the web. I usually have to raise and lower the mast, on my Flicka 20 sailboat, from my mooring in the ocean and it can be quite challenging! I believe this system will make it so much easier. For more info on Zeb's just search for Zeb's mast raising system. ( Mast raising, Mast lowering, Mast lifting)
Genius! Love how this solves the changing pivot/rotation point issue can't believe I didn't think of using blocks like that. Inspiring thank you.
This is a great video and I wish I saw it earlier. I built a quicker but more dangerous system raising a similar mast on my 24' boat because I couldn't find a good way to arrange the lines to the boom as you did. Well done!
Dude that is slick! I'm trying this today. I'm putting a Pacific Pilot 21 in the water soon. Thanks for posting. Marty
Thanks Marty,
I fought mast raising for many years until I discovered this. Hope it works as well for you . Good luck.
My O'Day 25 had plates with a hole in it on the shrouds at mast base height that a bridle could be attached to the boom and with the topping lift attached you could use the main sheet to raise the mast single handed with the cam cleats in the main sheet if something got tangled in was easy to stop straighten and continue. Only one additional line required ( the bridle) . In my younger years I hoisted from the stern by hand but as I got older my back couldn't take it 😢
I could also use the mainsheet but the line wasnt long enough and it was a hassle to undo it. I agree with age comes wisdom. At least the wisdom to make it as easy as possible!
You make this look so easy👍👍
Awesome! I've used the Bruce Bingham method, as described in his Sketchbook on the Flicka, but this looks more secure. Thanks, Jack!
yes. i tried to use that method but it required that the mast support lines line up with the pivot point on the mast. This system does not.
Great job! Thank you very much!!
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This is still the best method and video ive seen on youtube. I'm going to.tey this method for a Montgomery 17 as well. Mu stick is 21 ft tall whwre my flicka's is 26'6" tall
Its great to know that the shackles need to be installed on the deck, AFT of the tabernacle. How far? Would you estimate, 1 ft or 2 ft?
And I'm planning on installing my pad eyes on the mast about 6 ft up, instead of 80 inches due to my mast being shorter. Your thoughts? Thanks.
Love the Montys. A couple of notes.. I just used this method for a friends flicka which had a tabernacle instead of a Dwyer hinge mast step. Due to the sliding step bolt we had a hell of a time getting the mast started up. If your mast isn't cut on a 45 at the front then you may have to do what we did and install blocks under the bolt head and nut to keep the bold at the top of the slot to allow the pivot. My hinge is much better. We also just used his stanchions base as a place to secure the pulleys. The were about a foot back from the mast and worked just as well. I don't think the height of the padeyes is critical but I also used mine to make a cheap set of Lazy jacks (in another video) that worked better than expected. Fair winds...
@@Flicka20 got it. So do you have a dwyer hinge type step at the bottom of your flicka mast instead of a tabernacle? ....i was considering getting a hinge type for my flicka
Wonder if you could to this on a bit larger boat like a Cape Dory 28? One of the things that stopped me from owning a sail on anything larger than a Hobie 16 is that I could never climb a mast as I'm deathly scared of height.
@@leecowell8165 I don’t see why not as long as the mast was a tabernacle step.
How do you find trailer launching the Flicka? Is it hard to find a steep enough ramp or do you use a hitch extension? Excellent system by the way, wish I had seen this before I built the one I use on my MacGregor 22.
Hey Tim. I am lucky to have a sport hoist at port san luis bay where I keep her. Its only s12.50 to put her in. That said the guy I bought her from launched her at the Santa Barbara, ca ramp using a standard 4wheel drive ford with no tongue extension . At the time the trailer did have a rolling spare tire on the front so I assume the folks before him probably used a cable or chain extension. I am keeping the trailer out of the salt water from now on since I had to rebuild the trailer completely since the brakes were completely rusted . At that time I also took off the rollers ( since I would only be using the hoist) and put on Blocks which makes it much easier for me to paint the bottom myself.
Hi Jack, i know that you made this video a few years ago, but i thought i'd ask any way. I built my own Flicka in 1993 in England from a set of plans i bought from Fred Bingham, Bruce Bingham's dad. Because of the way i built the mast tabarnacle, i can only raise or lower my mast backwards ( opposite way to your video ). I just wanted to ask, if i reversed the lines etc., would your method still work? Many thanks, Oz.
Ozosman, Building your own must have really been a experience. Kudo's to you! The reason I went forward is so I could use the boom as a gin pole. I use a Dwyer Mast plate so I could go either way. I think you could do just fine going aft but you will have to devise some sort of pole mounted to the front of the mast. The 10' boom gives lots of leverage. Good luck.
This is brilliant! So do you think this would work on longer, heavier masts like on an Alberg 30? The stresses are likely to be higher with the added weight and length.
That would be a hard call for me since this is the largest I have ever done like this. I've had others use this method but with even smaller masts. Yes the mast would be much heavier but the Boom would be longer for more leverage. Guess you might have to be the one to find out!
What type of hardware is used to put the Pad-eyes into each side of the mast? (80 inches up)
On the mast, I tapped holes and use a machine screw coated with lanocote. There is not a lot of force on them anyway. BTW, you dont really need the padeyes in the deck if you can use the lifeline stanchions.
Don’t understand how you’re using the mainsail halyard to raise the mast ( looks like you have a separate line running from a fixed point on cockpit railing through block then down thru block attached to other side of cockpit railing and then to wench. Not so?
Laurence, The mainsail halyard does not raise the mast . It is attached to the end of the boom just like the topping lift line. I could use the toping lift but it is only 1/4" line so I use the halyard. The pulleys attached to the railing then to the "triangle lines" you see running through the shackle on the bottom of the boom is what actually raises the mast. I did move that shackle up on the boom about a foot to give more length for those Triangle lines to move. Your question is very timely for today I use the system to lower my mast after finishing up the bottom paint and it was so very simple.
@@Flicka20 ahhhh! Thanks for clarification. Did you detached all 6 shrouds? If so, was that necessary?
@@laurenceholden In the video I took off all but the front stay and the two front shrouds. Yesterday when I lowered the mast I only took off the Rear stay and the two rear shrouds. I Left tension on the Front and center shroud. It lowered just fine using the jib halyard to get it started. I was worried since I am using a Dwyer mast hinge and it has to lift up slightly to pivot forward. I am going to try to raise it next week the same way. I think it will work ok.