Miker
New member
The mast is on a Beneteau 260 Spirit, and is 10 metres high hinged to fall backwards.
I am having the rigging renewed butif I dropped the mast myself it would give me more time to work on the masthead. If the boat is tied to a finger in the marina, can two/three people easilly drop the mast between them?
I was thinking of the forestay being undone and the mast lowered backwards by the genoa halyard, with two pople standing behind the mast to ease the drop. Or would the mast be too heavy. It might be possible for the person holding the genoa halyard to gain some height by standing on the marina outside wall, paticularly if done at low tide.
I am having the rigging renewed butif I dropped the mast myself it would give me more time to work on the masthead. If the boat is tied to a finger in the marina, can two/three people easilly drop the mast between them?
I was thinking of the forestay being undone and the mast lowered backwards by the genoa halyard, with two pople standing behind the mast to ease the drop. Or would the mast be too heavy. It might be possible for the person holding the genoa halyard to gain some height by standing on the marina outside wall, paticularly if done at low tide.