The gin pole, (or the Boom, if you have one) is the way to go. Don't bother with the trailer winch. Its too slow, and you have to stand on the ground to use it, and have the boat on the trailer. Fasten a small pulley on the wire fore-brace, and tie some temporary rope from the bottom of the forestay, (which is tied to the free end of the gin pole) so that it forms a triangle with the mast lying down and the gin pole point up. Put the rope through that small pulley, and you can control the tension as you lower the gin pole, by pulling with that rope, as you stand by the mast. You have found that the normal side stays are too loose to stop the mast from swaying sideways, until the mast gets a fair way up. One trick is to temporarily tie them to the ends of the cross beam that the mast is sitting on. This means that they can keep the same tension on the mast at all stages of the mast raising, because they are in line with the centre of mast rotation, to stop the mast flopping sideways. You can move the side stays back to their proper position later. Some yachts have purpose built "baby stays", that run from 1/3rd from the top of the the mast, to the ends of that supporting beam, just to make mast raising/lowering easier. This "gin pole" methodology is a good trick, because it means you can raise and lower the mast even while on the water, where you could be rocking around. It means you can lower the mast to go under bridges, or do a repair to the top of the mast while at sea. If you look up "mast raising Macgregor 26", that will be the closest example of what you need. Glad you figured out the L shape on the wire for the wind vane. Keep on having fun 🙂

@svprimitiva

25 күн бұрын

Thanks for the info. Will give it a shot!

@mbv_1

24 күн бұрын

A trick I used on mine, was to tie the hallyards of the main and gaff to both ends of the mas beam. Then I use the tack and block of the main sheet attached to that fore brace and fore stay end. ✌️

@michaelingram2890

9 күн бұрын

Lowering a mast at sea..................You're knocking it out of the park.

@svprimitiva

9 күн бұрын

@@mbv_1 both these tips were very helpful and worked great. Thanks!

Would love to see the system you will be using to raise the mast. This is an awesome project you have built. Your signage is beautiful. The entire boat is a work of art. 💖 I bought a 28' mono hull trailer sailer that was a project. It's a hull and I'm refitting the entire thing. Really enjoy seeing other folks working on their projects. Thanks for sharing. Cheers, S/V Cork~Texas ⛵🧭🐬🇺🇲

@svprimitiva

22 күн бұрын

Thanks so much for the comments and kind words. Love seeing what everyone’s up to as well. Good luck with your project!

Very nice!! Looks great!! A lot of small steps will take you to the moon!!

Beautiful boat you're building. Names pretty cool. Watch out for those power lines bro.

@svprimitiva

21 күн бұрын

Haha yep!

When raising or lowering mast, make temporary stays use two of the main halliards tied down to the cleats at the ends of the main crossbeam. Stops the risk of the mast falling sideways till main stays are tight

@svprimitiva

19 күн бұрын

A few people have mentioned this now, I’ll be adding that step for sure. Thanks for the tip!

the letters painted looks good.

@svprimitiva

25 күн бұрын

Thanks, I think so too!

Take a look how the Dutch mount their masts as they have to raise and lower them frequently .. its worth building a hinging mast pulpit if you're going to be doing it often. Definitely a boat shaped boat 😁😉

@svprimitiva

26 күн бұрын

Thanks! I’ve seen them on Wharrams before using some aluminum brackets. Will consider it if I find myself needing it.

@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665

26 күн бұрын

@@svprimitiva They can be built of some blocks of hardwood and using a Steel pivot pin set into some bushings. Just try searching for Wooden mast pulpit ideas/designs. You could also use a counter balance container for water ballast to take some of the strain of the hardest part of the lift. 🤔👍🏼

very cool! looks like a nice build. One day I’ll build a Wharram, might be a Melanesia, but it will be a Wharram. 😂 I didn’t take my chance at buying a Tiki 26 a couple years back, I think I missed the boat on that one.

@iwilltubeyouall

23 күн бұрын

What size Wharram? I'm planning to build an own variant of Wharram that's about 10m long.

man, I've been pondering the idea of building a wharram for a couple years now, i'm gonna be watching your work closely!

@svprimitiva

25 күн бұрын

Thanks! It was a lot of work but very satisfying seeing it come to fruition. Good luck if you do decide to build one.

Thanks

It happens that, when sailing, the leeward shroud gets loose and unlash from the pads on the sides. There are some solutions in the project, using elastic rope to hold it in place. ✌️

@svprimitiva

24 күн бұрын

Good call

Love the progress! The mast is intimidating but is just physics. I stepped a 25 foot mast on a monohull in 5 minutes and realized it’s only mental. Signs look great!!

@svprimitiva

26 күн бұрын

Thanks! Yeah I’ve done it a few times now and it’s getting easier every time. Now that my shrouds are the correct length it’s not so intimidating.

I'm soon to raise the mast on my Tiki 26. As someone else commented- a gin pole will make it easier.

@svprimitiva

21 күн бұрын

Yeah I think I’m gonna try it.

Great styling - sort of cartoon/hotrod Tiki.

@svprimitiva

26 күн бұрын

Thanks!

Looks great; great build!

@svprimitiva

27 күн бұрын

Thank you!

Thanks mate. I am enjoying your journey..

@svprimitiva

26 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

You're subjecting the carabiner at the bottom of the forestay to lateral forces it's simply not designed for. and it will be dramatically weaker than you need. A plain stainless ring would give much better distribution of the loads.

Enjoying the build fella, coming along nicely. Is the gaff man enough to help lift the mast?