This is my first cruiser purchased in july and ive much to learn from your blog. Lewmar 70hp max engine only if installed by authorized macgregor dealer. This page illustrates my homemade mast raising system for dream catcher, my west wight potter 19. The easiest way to make this measurement is to attach a light line to your main halyard, hoist it to the top, put a piece of tape on the line at the boom. Poptop with enclosure, mastcrutch homemade, fishdepth finder, mast raising system with gin pole, spinnaker is in excellent condition, main and jib are in goodaverage condition, stainless steel boarding ladder, sink, alcohol stove, enclosed head with a. Aug 07, 2011 this of course is the replacement step mast. While with hunter, i was head of the design team, under warren luhrs, that produced the hunter 23. Mast raising, mast stepping, raising a boat mast, raising a mast. Yes beyond the apparent fact that one is damaged and the other not, this is a different style of step mast. The other step mast was built for a self masting system and this step mast came off a boat that is 15 years older. I put the mast up the first couple times by just pushing it up. Moving up to 23 and above, ive seen guys singlehanding the mast up and ready to launch in 20 minutes. Babymate we will send you drawings as you can make these easily yourself.
Although the mast is only 30 long, its quite a heavy piece of gear, and could cause damage and injury if it fell out of control. A downhaul is recommended, but the weight of the climber will take the slack out of the system. Years ago i had an opportunity to use a product of this sort and did not like it. Oct 28, 2019 the atn mastclimber is a marinized version of a common rockclimbing device that allows one person to safely climb a sailboats mast. Climbing your sailboats rig with the atn mastclimber. A small block of wood mid way took the weight off the ends a bit. Almost every boat manufacturer eventually tries their hand at designing a mast raising system, with varying degrees of success. It meant there was little sidetoside support and stability when raising and lowering the mast. I was using the factorys mast raising system and finally concluded that this was just too much work and there had to be a better way. Basically i attached a traveler system onto the top of the mast to replace the bolt. This is the newer winch style mast raising system for use on all macgregor and venture boats except the 26m.
Macgregor 26 fitting and stepping the mast single handed. To us, the mast mate is a huge improvement on a traditional bosuns chair. The mast raising gear is a simple setup but invariably as we use it only once a year to raise the mast we manage to forget important details which we have to learn over again. The perfect solo mastraising system for small sailboats. In the end there is little difference and since i already had this part, it was the logical decision. A side view of the sailboat with the mast raising system ready for use. Photo 23 mast raising block and tackle, top pole end. How to step a mast singlehanded with or without using the. Pictured below is the system and the mast raising sequence. A trailer sailer is a type of sailboat that has been designed to be easily transported using a road.
Mastmate magic tc is a complete system and allows the user once arriving at the rigging point to get on the boat and step the mast, raise the mast and rig the boat for launching without having to get off the boat until everything is in place for launching. If there is interest in this approach from others using the spare luff groove in the furling selden mast and the spare main halyard for raising a mast mate ladder please make a little noise. Mast mate is an alternatingstep flexible ladder made of 2 inchwide nylon webbing. The owner of the boat put a lot of thought into this system because he wanted to sail his boat from his dock behind a low bridge from the harbor. May 23, 2011 does anyone have any good links to mast raising and lowering systems for large boats.
This modification was inspired by the new macgregor 26ms mast raising kit that. Does anyone have any good links to mast raising and lowering systems for large boats. Macgregor 26s rigging mods page 2 purple sage trading post. Macgregor 26 s, 1993, kokomo, indiana, yacht for sale, sailboat for sale.
The macgregor pole is a tiny trailer winch mounted on an aluminum tube with a block and eye strap on opposite sides of one end and a fitting on the other end to. I am sure you will find the mast mate climbing system the best method for climbing and working aloft. Climbing your sailboats rig with the atn mastclimber west. The following procedure is one i used to lower and raise the mast on my albin vega 27. Mast replacement lottie was originally fitted with a proctor mast that was larger in section and much heavier than the standard trident mast. This worked for 7 years, 4 times year, but was a little to short and marginal on strength so last. There are no holes to drill in the boat and no complex fittings to make or fit. Single operator using winch has the mast close to full upward location. The easiest way to make this measurement is to attach a light line to your main halyard, hoist it to the top, put a piece of tape on the line at the boom, or further down if you. Assuming you can easily climb up on your boom, the length mast mate you need is the distance from your mast head to your boom, the p measurement of your main. I have seen lots of different techniques and contraptions used to raise and lower the masts on small sailboats. Precision mast raising system available for the p23.
Mast ladders for hunter 336 sailboat owners forums. One great benefit of the trailer sailer is that you can take the mast off turning your boat into a nice little motor cruiser for exploring any rivers that. My first go at the cordless winch for stepping a trailer sailer mast. She is a 1988 model and so has the older, heavier mast. Thanks for the compliment mate but i m far from a great sailor. This task can be accomplished easily, quickly, and with safety. Top 5 weird ww2 german prototypes that actually flew duration. Sanibel 17 sanibel 18 san juan 21 seaway 25 sandpiper 565 skippers mate 17 silhouette. The new mastmate magic tc patent appl for allows a single person to raise and lower the mast on their own simply, safely and quickly. I used a piece of lumber across the bow pulpit, and a wood frame on the pushpit, so that the mast sat about 6 above the cabin hatch top.
We are both proficient climber and own ascenders, harness, and climbing gear so the mast mate is not needed for us and will go unused. Theres two 26x owners close to you in salisbury, and a 26m moored in hythe. All suffer from the same problems for solo sailors, and i recently came across a system that solves all of them neatly and for a fairly low price. I did a couple of practice lifts and made some design changes along the way. If youre new to mast stepping, you dont like your current method, or you just. We purchased a sailboat with a 50 mast that had the mast mate aboard. After much thought i came up with a new way that is much easier and is much faster. Apr 19, 2010 a side view of the sailboat with the mast raising system ready for use. I have a 50 mast mate flexible mast ladder and boswains seat for sale.
The atn mastclimber is a marinized version of a common rockclimbing device that allows one person to safely climb a sailboats mast. These suggestions are designed to give you an idea of how to shape and tension your rig. The boat has a mast raising pole for a macgregor 26m with an ingenious addition to help manage the furling drum, a set of baby stays to hold the mast on centerline, and a small dinghy motor davit mounted on the stern and outfitted with a u shaped mast crutch. How to step a mast singlehanded with or without using the boom.
This macgregor 26m is in great condition, fully serviced, and ready to sail. No single system works for every sailboat or for every skipper. Precision mast raising system available from factory for p21 and p23. Its standard gear for professional rigging techs, like mark chandler, west marine riggings oem rigging manager and grand prix specialist. If the particular track or slot system has a gate, mast mate is fed in above the lowered main. Included are some notes on specific sailing conditions and various boat models. I am sure that mast mate would be interested perhaps even the chandlery as would hunter marine. Also check the map of moorings that links from that page. This system can be used if you dont have a mast raiser at all or if you want to update a block and tackle style system to the newer winch style. A single hander has no one but himself to count on. We sell factory replacement and upgrade sails, fiberglass rudders, centerboards and daggerboard, replacement plexiglass windows for most macgregor boats. You will have to devise an side stay anchor system that is compatible with your boat. Mastmate has been developed over several years, and safety for the operator and other crew has been a major consideration in the development.
It has all the problems of mast steps narrow footing base so you swing around while climbing with the added disadvantages of flapping around and taking time and hard work to set up. Id like to be able to lower it in order to be able to get up into rivers and places that boats with these large masts cant normally go. Over the years, we have supplied the mast mate climbing system to single handed transpac racers, as well as to a number of challengers in the ostar races. This revolutionary yet simple design provides the assistance often desired when arriving to a great sailing area with help nowhere to be found, or after a long weekend of sailing and just the though of having to lower the mast makes you wish you had your own personal 62, 210lb. See carl kotheimers custom mast raising system for his p21. There is a stage in erecting the mast of a noelex 25 that normally needs two people.
Mast raising lowering system allows single person to navigate this boat on water systems where bridges and hydro lines impede the passage of boats with masts. Therefore, many designs employ mast raising systems to make the task easier. Feb 28, 2016 my first go at the cordless winch for stepping a trailer sailer mast. Almost every boat manufacturer eventually tries their hand at designing a mastraising system, with varying degrees of success. The eyes are about 45 inches ahead of the mast pivot point and about 2628 inches out from it.
At sail trailers we create custom mast raising gear for your trailerable sailboat. In fact we have customers that launch and retrieve deep draft sailboats in the mid 30 foot range every time they sail or race using their sailtrailers trailer. We have however ran it up the mast and used it just to see how well it works and condition. It turned out that i needed to lift the mast slightly in the initial stages, but the gin pole quickly gained enough mechanical advantage to lift the mast. As i mentioned above, the m raising system can be applied to the x, although youd maybe need to keep closer to the original x baby stays. Blue hull surge brakes on trailer jib sail with equipment roller furling system for the jib boom vang mast raising system 1 6gallon fuel tank. In order for your macgregor to perform to its potential, you must keep your rig mast, shrouds, and stays properly tuned. Jun 03, 2010 the mast was slowly lowered the rest of the way.
If you dont want to buy the factory system, most of the components are easily obtained or duplicated. International marine offers a mast raising system that we use every time we sail. Check later on my channel for closeups of the winch system. With the help of my first mate i was able to hold the screw from the trunk as. Aug 24, 2019 one needs to attach a mast bail with the macgregor 26 solo mast stepping system. How do you step the mast on your trailerable sailboat, with a gin pole.
Photo 22 mast raising pole attachment rig the block and tackle to the end of the pole as shown in photos 23 and 24. Macgregor sailboat mast boats for sale new and used. Macgregor most sailboats macgregor sailboat details. Setup time for this boat is better than an hourif everything goes smoothly, since my first mate is not too coordinated physicaly. Macgregor 26 s, 1993, kokomo, indiana, sailboat for sale. It is raised only when needed and is hoisted just as the mainsail. The guy selling it told us hed used it on a gemini and it was like having a ladder up the mast he loved it. And because the pivot was at the bottom of the mast, the central balance point of the lowered mast was well beyond the stern once it was lowered. Mast mate can be used on any mast that employs mainsail slides or a rope luff.
On the vega some type of temporary support was needed for the ends of the mast. We hear so often that a boat this size cannot be retrieved on a trailer. This seemed to increase her tenderness propensity to heel over. Yes this was always my concern with using a mast top wind direction know an m. Today i try and develop a mast raising system for my macgregor sailboat. Im also looking at the idea from the clever macgregor 26 mast raising pole that uses a winch on. Instead of a half an hour to raise the mast, i can now do it in about 10 minutes. When sections were compared, it was found to be approximately the same dimensions. Our macgregor index pagemac 26s rigging mods index page previous page next page if there is one. The perfect solo mastraising system for small sailboats with. Apr 15, 2016 the guy selling it told us hed used it on a gemini and it was like having a ladder up the mast he loved it. I disagree with alex nislick regarding the mast mate ladder. Connect the end of the mast raising pole to the forward holes in the mast base as shown below. The first of these is that the shrouds go outside the guard rails not inside as in the picture below.
Mastmate is a system for the raising and lowering of the mast on a trailerable yacht mastmate allows one person to raise or lower a mast singlehanded. How to buy mastmate mastmate a skippers first mate. The two middle arrows point to the baby stays that are attached with s hooks on the lower ends to deck eyes that are opposite the mast base and are on the hinge line of the mast almost. Blue water yachts is the only factory authorized distributor for macgregor sailboat parts and accessories. I was only introduced to sailing two years ago when i bought a sunfish. Our used mac came with a mast raising system when we bought it. It requires no modifications to the boat in any way. I use a home brewed version of the mast raising system offered by the macgregor factory. Gin pole for mast raising system idasailor rudder simrad tiller pilot 2 anchors with double braid nylon rode. This page shows how we use the factory system on our p19. Extended information this is the newer winch style mast raising system for use on all macgregor and venture boats except the 26m. The same is true in theory with using mast fixed lights so i have thought out how i could clip lines to the vang fixing and run them around pulleys back to mini clutches by the cockpit. It is made of very heavy webbing with loop steps on each side for the person going aloft. Please note that this system is homemade, it works for me, and i accept the risks inherent in it.
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