Lower mast with boom.

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Ixneigh
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Lower mast with boom.

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Yes it’s possible. I used the winch, cable and oem lines. I tied the winch to the boom once I bolted it onto a plank. It replicated the oem set up fairly well. You must secure the bottom end of the boom to the mast step. I ran out of cable lowering the mast, which was a pain. I’m going to replace the cable with Dyneema and add ten feet more. My mast raising pole went missing but I’m not going to replace it.

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