[C320-list] Pulling the rig

[Mike Ott]

Scott,
We pull ours every year and with a good boatyard you should not have any 
problems.  

Couple of suggestions:
1) Cut and remove rigging tape and straighten clevis pins, but do not remove.  
Do this before you head into the lift area to speed the mast removal
1) Make sure the crane top is padded along with the hook.
2) The choke line should go just below the lower spreaders.
3) Disconnect all your electronics below decks and tape to a strong chase line 
that is long enough to go up the mast compression post.  I run the chase line 
all the way through to the port settee locker which where my wind instruments 
and radar connections are.  The disconnect for the mast lights and VHF radio 
should be at the mast step, so once the mast is loose you will have to 
disconnect them with the mast hanging about a foot off the deck.
4) Once the hook has the choke line and tension on the mast, loosen the shroud 
turnbuckles.  We remove the pin from the furling system first, then shourds and 
the back-stay last.  
Good luck.
Mike Ott
'Amanda Lu'
#508




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From: Scott Thompson <surprise at thompson87.com>
To: Catalina320.org <C320-List at Catalina320.org>
Sent: Mon, August 6, 2012 12:58:00 PM
Subject: [C320-list] Pulling the rig

I'm thinking of having my mast taken down for the first time this coming winter 
for various maintenance / upgrade tasks. (Halyard sheaves, maintenance or 
replacement of wind instruments, possible installation of a whisker pole track 
and topping lift, detailed survey, inspection, etc.)

I've never taken the mast down before, and I suspect that the previous owner 
never took it down either. Can anyone alert me as to the possible "gotcha's." 
What questions should I ask a yard about this process before giving them the 
business?

Scott Thompson
Surprise, #653 (1999)