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| Boat tied
perpendicular to dock for lowering the mast onto the land side
support.
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Mast down
with top end resting on the support.
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| Top of
mast showing the land side support. I then moved the support
lower so I could easily remove the mast from the boat and carry it
to the work area near my shop.
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View from the deck with mast down on the land side support. This time I left the sail on the boom. Note the jib furler tied to the side of the boom. |
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| The
rebuilt masthead ready to raise.
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New masthead with main raised. Note the block added for the oversized asymmetrical spinnaker and the wires and studs to keep birds off. |
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| One of my unsuccessful attempts to break the center bolt free in the rotator base. I left it under axial and rotational pressure while gone for two weeks. An acetylene torch and four foot breaker bar finally worked. | Rotator
parts ready for assembly.
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| Rotator parts ready for assembly. Note the small hole I drilled in the side of the base (and the mast) to allow the center bolt to be lubed with the mast up. | Rotator parts ready
for assembly.
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| Assembled rotator viewed from the bottom. I screwed the center bolt into the bottom piece far enough to just clear the step pin when installed on the boat. | Assembled rotator viewed from the top. Note that the washer under the bolt head is loose as it was when I disassembled the unit. |
