Mast stepping on a sailboat

Real easy and no crazy rigging. Just a line and a piece of pvc

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• maststep
• sailing
• trailersailor

[killdac]

that looks to easy...

[gilligan2112]

it really is.

[thenickboarder]

what boat is that?

[gilligan2112]

Neptune 24

[Tallshipdreamer]

Thanks!! I'm running out for some Pipe today!!! My 25 Footer is the first "big" boat I owned, and everyone told me what you just did,couldn't be done. Thanks for proving them wrong.- J

[gilligan2112]

As long as you can lift the mast with control, IT CAN BE DONE!

Now don't get me wrong, I have bent some t bolts, but West marine is right down the street.

[mosbysmen]

how tall is your mast ? im looking at a way to do it on a spirit 23

[n618ft]

Looks easy... but man, this music hurts my ears!

[teenbillybaby]

Thanks for the video.

More description is needed. Too bad you could not do a voice-over instead of music. Could you describe the pvc piece that you used (44 seconds --1:19")? How is that secured below deck while it holds up the mast? What is the second large piece that appears only briefly at 1:29--1"36? How is that used?

[chaput59759]

i need to raise my mast on a 1968 26' islander. they told me i needed three or four people to do it. the water is never calm, or choppy. and every time i have help they bug out and say it too windy. any specs? or ideas

[MarkSpruell]

that's a great system for getting the mast up. Now how do you get it down safely?

[nezpercenathan]

When I used to have a trailerable boat (South Coast 26), I pinned the foot of the mast, then rigged a line from the forestay through a block at stem fitting. I then went back to the cockpit with that line in my hand, shouldered the mast, and started pulling on the line. It was no problem at all to step the relatively light mast. I think if I had used a crutch like you did in the video, I could have run the line back to a winch, which I might need to do now, being a lot older than I was then.

[willmeditateforfood]

Thanks for the demo. I'm considering a Catalina 22 or 25, and was wrestling on whether getting a slip is worth the extra cost - that versus whether constantly having to step the mast if hauling in and out of the water onto a trailer to park it in my driveway. After seeing this vid, I don't see any major trauma in avoiding the slip fee. Thanks!

[Jackle61]

I do it every year when winter rolls around. As long as you can anchor the base of the mast, and none of the sidestays get hooked on anything it goes surprisingly easy.