[C320-list] Mast weight

[alahlm at comcast.net]

Brian

    Jeff H. and I have moved my mast a number of times, it can be lifted by two people but three is more comfortable -- I think your right about the weight it's definitely under two hundred pounds

   Al Ahlman
   #476 

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From: "Amirault Family - S&B" <amiraults at sympatico.ca> 

> I have a poser. The club is concerned about the weight of mast as relates to 
> the club masting crane, and wants to move bigger boat owners to a commercial 
> crane for masting. To use the commercial crane would require being ready on 
> a single specific day and to bear an extra cost. The limit for the club 
> crane is 600 pounds. My memory is that the bare mast weighs something like 
> 153 pounds. 
> 
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> 
> Does anyone have a reliable figure for the combined weight of the mast, 
> furler complete, attached standing rigging and lines? 
> 
> 
> 
> Brian Amirault 
> 
> 797 Waltzing bear, too 
>