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I was finally able to get the stick up on my 1972 MkI without having an available crane.
The following are some images of the kit and it's use. It's fairly straightforward and I can supply more details if needed.
http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/sailboats/mastraising.jsp
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Good work ,you,ve been busy. John (former owner)
Nice page - good ideas neatly presented.
Enjoyed your British car humour pages, too. My parents had a succession of the evil little buggers, so one of my jobs when young was to drive, or nurse, a car to the shop about twice a month. Particularly remember a car that wouldn't start because its air cleaner was full of decaying sound insulation, a material suspiciously like horsehair.
David Weatherston
Towser, Toronto
C&C 27 Mk IV
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David Weatherston
Towser, Toronto
C&C 27 Mk IV
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Thanks, I too enjoyed the British car pages. It makes me miss my MGB.
Mike M
SV Wind Horse
#375
Galveston, Tx
Mike M
SV Wind Horse
#375
Galveston, Tx
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Hi. Great description and photos. Did your boat have the hinged mast step, or did you have to add it? If so, where did you get it? Thanks Barry Mk V (no hinged step)
I had to add the mast step, but it was relatively easy to acquire.
Klacko Spars did all the fabrication from those drawings of the Tanzer kit. I made a few important modifications with an angle grinder after it arrived (the angle on the hinge pieces was wrong in the drawings, or at least ambiguous)
I sent them my mast step and they sent it back with the hinge installed, not sure if they made it on the spot or it was a stock item for that spar cross section.
The one modification still to do is to add a brake winch for lowering the mast. It could obviously be done the "standard" way with the boat winch, but I'd prefer to have more control during descent and to be able to do it with less hands. I am actually strongly considering a power winch, but the current unknown is where it could be attached securely on the boat and be out of the way or removable.
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