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Author: Bob Harvey ([email protected]) contact the author Subject: Stability when climbing the mast Info: (18585 views) Posted: Monday 7-8-13 07:17:49 PM |
:: I went up the Express 27 mast not long ago and had a
:: somewhat scary experience.
::
:: I weigh 160, and at the time there was a 200 lbs guy on
:: deck with the boat tied to the dock. I was at the top of
:: the mast doing some work and the guy on deck stepped to
:: the rail to do something. The boat started heeling
:: pretty extremely and truly felt like it was going to to
:: roll all the way over until guy on deck jumped to the
:: other rail to stabilize the boat.
::
:: Would the boat really roll over like it felt it might?
:: Any experience with sending people up the mast on this
:: boat and how much weight is too much?
::
:: We plan to go up the mast fairly frequently with the new
:: offshore rules for mounting and removing the masthead
:: VHF when doing offshore races, not to mention if we ever
:: had a problem and needed to ascend the mast while on the
:: water.
::
:: I'm wondering what is safe?
::
:: -dan
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