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So true. It's back to school, not weather, that ends summer.
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Agree, and don't forget less crowded
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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