[sailingdog]

Is the mast on the Bristol deck-stepped? If so, rigging an A-frame for it of your own would not be that difficult. It would also save you mast stepping and unstepping fees in the future.

Where on Buzzards Bay is the boat???

 

[sailingdog]

Again, it would help if you said where the boat was. I'm often down in the Buzzards Bay area, often in Marion and Fairhaven, since I spend a lot of time on boats in both places...

 

[sailingdog]

if you're doing this next weekend, let me know, I might be able to help...

sweet, thanks for the link! That is basically the same setup that the Alberg site uses, except theirs is built with scaffolding pipe. I think i'll build one going the steel route for strength and ease of disassembly I just looked it up and my mast is 31'9". I think it is very similar to the catalina 27 so the dimensions should be close enough. I'm still wiched nervous to do it myself though! If anyone wants to come see the possible carnage one of these weekends let me know!