SOLO STEPPING
Posted:
Tue May 31, 2011 9:20 pmby msavoie
ANY IDEAS FOR SOLO STEPPING MAST? SOMEONE MUST HAVE DESIGNED A TOOL TO AID THE SOLO SAILER TO STEP THE MAST ALONE.
Posted:
Tue May 31, 2011 10:10 pmby TIM WEBB
Hi Marc,
This topic has been discussed many times on this forum. A quick search should turn up a number of threads. Is your mast one piece, or hinged? There are techniques for both ...
Posted:
Tue Jun 07, 2011 8:15 amby ChrisB
Marc,
In case you have not found it, below is a link that is posted somewhere on the forum to a webpage showing the use of a gin pole. The website is for a slightly larger boat but with a similar type of rig (mast stepped on keel through the cuddy roof).
http://www.sailsaratoga.org/content.asp ... e_id=67958
I still lift my mast by hand to rig the boat but as I have gotten a little older, now I'm leaning toward spending the $85 for a mast tabernacle.