Rob,
I don't own the mast raising system, but have used it several times with  
other owners. The line should be of substantial strength to handle the loads  
associated with the hardware.
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 6/1/2012 2:49:21 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
rlowe at vt.edu writes:

Rummy,
Hey, at least I know I'm in good company.  I guess  I'll drop the mast.  
The mast raising system did make this fairly  easy.  Although I'm going to 
replace the line on it prior to using it  again.  I think what's on there is a 
piece of old close line and I was  convinced it was going to break when the 
mast was half way up.  Scared  the crap out of me. - rob

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[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org]  On Behalf Of R22RumRunner at aol.com
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Rob,
S C R E W E D. Time to take a do over. Been  there, done that.....more than 
once.

Rummy


In a message  dated 6/1/2012 9:34:57 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
rlowe at vt.edu  writes:

Yeah, I  was hoping to avoid that.  But might have  to.

Thought about  releasing all stays and shrouds except rears  and forward 
and seeing if could  tilt mast forward enough to slid it  in.  Don't think I 
can get enough  angle on it.
Thought about  doing above and using a pry bar on the mast step  under the 
mast and  lifting up the whole thing a couple of inches.
Thought  about  enlarging the existing slot big enough to accept the 
slider. 
Would   do this at the very base of the mast where the structural integrity 
would  not  be compromised.  At this point the mast is resting on the  
base.  


Any other thoughts?  Or just suck it up and drop  the mast? -  rob

-----Original Message-----
From:   rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org]   On Behalf Of Hank
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 9:18 AM
To: The Rhodes  22  Email List
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Pop top slider on IMF  mast

I  think you get to have some more practice lowering and  raising the  mast!
:-)

Hank

On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 9:16  AM, Lowe, Rob  <rlowe at vt.edu> wrote:

> OK, maybe got in a  hurry while raising  the mast on the new(er) boat.  
> This  one has IMF and I neglected  to install the pop top slider  before
raising.
>  Any good way to  install slider after  the fact?  I assumed there was 
> some sort of  a slot like  there is on the standard mast boat, but 
> there
is   not.
>  Thoughts? - rob
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