§2024-10-16
§How to Ease the Mast Down
You can do it by yourself, or with a extra person's help. You could do it on the trailer or in the water.
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go back to cabin, and release the block system line, and you will see the mast is going down toward the stern side
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the line will become heavier and heavier when mast is going down further
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let it keep on going down and sit on Mast Bucket
¶ Get the Boom down
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secure the blocak system line then lower the boom
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by releasing the spinacle halyard, but holding tight in your hand
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releasing slowly
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at the end, take over by hand and out it down like this
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take off the block system line
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Secure the block system line for next rasing the mast
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take off this pole
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set the boom ins the center, so that it will not fall into water
- and take out the spinacle halyard
§Prepare to move the mast forward
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unpluck all the deck cable
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you can leave the sheets at the stopper, but you have to pull it to give a little slack
§The mast supporter
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it can be in only one position
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you need minimum 70 Kilos to move the mast forward, more weight at the mast end
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take the pin out,
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the mast will be free as a see-saw
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pull it forware toward the stern, about a meter it will be balanced
- give some slacks to hallayard
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move all the way till like this,
- watch out for lines
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or leave the pole one meter behind the trailer
- move it little up for accessing winddex and others