Yes, trap wires were attached at the same point where the guidelines to the pole where attached at the eye on the hull where the bungie is. But now, the trailer was slightly bow down hill , as people said, point bow down hill, my drive is lightly down hill, meaning as mast was lifted the end of the mast shifted DOWNHILL. Bow up hill might have helped. But trap lines never helped to keep it from shifting. Lines need to be nearly perpendicular at top of mast to keep top of mast from moving laterally.
So what does that one person do should two others not come over? Hold the the mast up so that mast lifter person can get under it? We're getting there Dogboy....
If mast lifter ties off the forestay with a line that runs through the hand crank back to the mast there is no need for one to pin forestay. Mast lifter simply jumps down and does that job himself. If you are getting help, the most critical person helping, aside from a Bulgarian Weighlifter as mast lifter, is the person who stands back there and lifts the mast so that mast lifter can get under the mast, thereby avoiding jerking the mast up to get under it. Now all this considering: boat is on trailer. I tried putting a step ladder under there, that would serve as a human helper in that capacity, but, low and behold, and as previously described: mast was even harder to lift up at an angle than it was laying flat on the cooler!
Now if the boat was off the trailer, perhaps, person holding mast up would be more effective as they'd gain more feet in mast raising ability. But I'm trying to do this with the boat on the trailer. Why? Because after getting the boat on the trailer I'm going to back it down a ramp and go sailing. Yes, i'm considering, taking the boat off the trailer onto beech wheels, put the mast up, put the boat in the water, when returning, take the boat out of the water with THE TRAILER, not the beech wheels, and then I'm faced with taking down the mast with the boat on the trailer.
If I can put up, and take down the mast on the trailer, I'll perhaps eliminate, taking the boat off the trailer to get it in the water. Since there is a ramp, there may not be a way to pull the boat out on beech wheels so I'd be faced with removing the boat from the water on the trailer, with the mast up, take the boat off the trailer to take the mast down, then put the boat back on the trailer. Plus handling the mast.... the reason, the OBJECTIVE IS: putting up the mast and taking the mast down on the trailer.
I take my laser off the trailer, put the mast on it, hand wheel it down to the water on a dolly, go sail, come back, get the dolly, pull the boat up the ramp by hand, because IT IS A LIGHT BOAT, take the mast off, then put the boat back on the road trailer. Sometimes I just leave it on the trailer, but this boat too is easier to mast with it lower. I'm not going to be able to do this with a Hobie Cat as the boat is too heavy to deal with guiding it down the ramp, it will get away from me due to its weight and I risk crashing rudder into pier, and pulling it back up the ramp on beech wheels. Perhaps this boat is simply too big. I don't know. I've not been to the boat ramp yet. But if I can't get the mast up at the house, then I'm certainly not going to get it up at the water, when there are no other cat sailors around. The reason the objective is: get the mast up and down, on the trailer, in my driveway. This way, when I get to the water, it will be no problem. So so long winded, morning coffee and I've not yet had any breakfast.
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Goodsailing
Laser-Standard Rig (Sold 6/15)
H18 (Sold 7/15)
Building 19' Tacking Outrigger
Balt-Wash Area
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