Sparky is wet again

[commanderpete]

Oh yeah....duh....those were pre-disaster pictures. Hope all goes well with the rebuild.

Encouraging photo follows.

[Mike Goodwin]

Mrgnstm,
Rules be rules.
I have seen boat owners do some very stupid things on their own , saw a guy release all his stbd shrouds then move to the portside and so did the mast . Right into a recently restored 1956 ChrisCraft . He thought the compression post was part of the mast and would hold it up.
It is an easy job , but I'm a rigger every day , for an accountant or public defender it may be too much and the yard staff doesn't know your skills.

Today I rigged and moved several 3x6 x30' mahogany timbers ,up 22' and down into the schooner we are building. They weigh 400 lbs. Did it by myself with a chainfall and a strop. Had a volunteer hanging on a tagline for effect.

[mrgnstrn]

Yeah, rules are to follow, but i just wished that you could request a waiver, or varience.  After all, I have a BS in Mechanical Eng and a MS in Eng Science.  I would hope that i could outsmart my own mast and do it safely.  but alas.
I wonder if you could get by with a Professional Engineering Certificate?
well, another few hundred into the hole in the water (or on land as it may be.

darn.

[ebb]

doesn't this exchange here BEG the discussion of a tabernacle?   (not talking bout the hinged step)

If what I understand is that the yard will charge $250 to yank the mast and another $250 to put it back - why wouldn't you motor in under the lift for the bottom job, or park for the winter, whatever...

with your mast already down?

How much more than $500 would you be willing to invest in a system that takes care of raising and lowering your own mast whenever you want to do it?

Or would the jerks at the yard charge you a 'corking fee' for lowering it yerself?

I think I'm going to talk with Ballenger on this subject again.

[Mike Goodwin]

$250 is very steep for a mast pull even if it was round trip , $500 is robbery !
You guys at the top of the Bay are getting ripped off. I'd find another yard if it were me .

[mrgnstrn]

yes, a tabernacle couldn't possibly cost more than $500 (plus crane fees).

but to install that, i think the mast has to make at least one trip (down, off the mast step).

I agree, I would have loved to unstep my mast out in the bay prior to getting pulled for the winter.  except that all that has already happened.  I am already on the hard, on stands, and under the "rules" of the agreement.

double darn.

and thank you Mike, for agreeing that I shouldn't have to pay for the rigger's kid's college bill, now that i have my own kid's college bill to worry about (baby #1 due in february.)