The opposite of mast climbing

[Seajet]

Fair enough; sounds a big rig for the boat, she must go like a rocket in the light stuff !

The hassle of finding someone to pull on the foil to try to avoid it kinking as the mast goes up & down is one of several reasons I stick to separate headsails, but I must admit my mast seems to get heavier every year, even allowing for my having fitted a small radar a while ago.

I used to ' do ' the mast with just my ex, and she was fairly petite; now it takes me, Dad and a 6'4" chum and still seems an effort, but I put that down largely to my fitness !

 

[savageseadog]

savageseadog,

so where would the person hanging on the larger boats' rig be then ? the smaller masthead is bound to be perilously close to the larger rigging.

I understand it's fun to hypothesize, but having been in this situation a fair few times over the last 36 years with a boat of this size, there's no point messing about, just lower the rig, sort the snag & raise...

You would simply go up the big rig and pull yourself to the shrouds tie yourself off and pull the head of the mast of the smaller boat over to you, very straightforward in fact.

 

[Seajet]

I suspect boats of this size, certainly my 22, are a lot more stable than you might think !

 

[onesea]

I suspect boats of this size, certainly my 22, are a lot more stable than you might think !

I used to do it regularly various boats 20 - 30 foot, checking the rigging was regular occurrence. Up one mast and tape the end of the spreaders on the mast next door. Check for split pins, recover halyards etc etc, saved allot of mast climbing...

Just watch for other boats washes and your line up with your masts, not rocket science.