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• twice a year argument at the mast stepper
  • Loose strap, lift from tne speader sockets.
  • My boat, do as I ask, or go have a cup joe.
  • Concur with you.
  • Around here the procedure is...
  • I use a loose strap under the spreaders
  • My mast is about 60 feet tall, also like Tom's ...
  • fwiw I've stepped and unstepped a shit pile of rigs and have never lifted with the spreaders...
    • Some idiot lifted a friend's mast by...
  • Spreader roots are not designed to support the weight of the spar!!
    • all righty then
      • September and October are the best
        • Agree, and don't forget less crowded
          • So true. It's back to school, not weather, that ends summer.
    • Here's how I see it, literally.
      • LOL Indeed!
    • I think you're right, I believe there's always
    • YUP ... exactly what we do ...
  • Strap below lower shrouds