A frame mast raising system, Mast-Raising Magic Almost every boat manufacturer eventually tries their hand at designing a mast-raising system, with varying degrees of success. 61 Raise the mast of a small sailboat. Homemade mast raising/lowering gin pole system. A-frame mast raising contraption for my Gloucester 20. To raise and lower the mast, I rig things and operate as follows. After the mast was raised upright, we ran the wiring through the deck and attached all the rigging. In this example, the mast is attached to a pivoting base and stowed lowered onto the bow pulpit. To raise and lower the mast we use a simple wooden A-frame made from two lengths of carcassing studding (about 3″x1. The first time I used this system one of the 2x4s had a knot that created a weak spot on the board and it snapped. The slightly rounded bottom of each A-frame leg is secured to a….
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