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How I rig my 26x in 12 min!
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 5:34 am
by MSS
Here is a homemade video of me rigging my X.
I use a hank on jib and the break just before I raise the mast is because my parents came for a visit.
http://www.bostream.nu/jofawinth/Film.wmv
Please opine!
Sorry for bad spelling / grammar, I'm from Sweden...
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:40 am
by jmclemore
Nice film!
Hey, I was wondering... the film "plattform.wmv" has disappeared as well as all the pics of your rear platform - seems like they just went away recently... are they relocated somewhere?
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 11:10 am
by kmclemore
Sorry.. I actually posted the above, using the Admiral's laptop computer! I forgot it would post as her.. sigh.. I think I have Half-heimers.
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 4:51 pm
by RandyMoon
Kevin, did you ever see the movie Sybil? Two identities? Anything you want to tell us?
MSS, I liked the video. The would be a good reference for new sailors to watch. It reminded me of my first time which took hours.
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 10:50 am
by Trav White
Nice video.
I noticed you hooked up the boom pretty quickly. Do you use quick connect pins or the bolts? If so, what type of pins?
Second...I may have the only Mac 26X with the 26M rotating mast. I noticed you lifted the mast pretty easily by yourself, but I am having a heck of time lifting my mast. It seems heavy. Is there a difference in weight and length between the X and M masts? I am considering ordering a 26M raising system, but I still use the 26X mast crutch at the pedestal and it seems like the mast does not want to move along the tiny wheel. Does anyone else have this problem, or do I just need to lubricate the wheel?
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 10:50 am
by Trav White
Nice video.
I noticed you hooked up the boom pretty quickly. Do you use quick connect pins or the bolts? If so, what type of pins?
Second...I may have the only Mac 26X with the 26M rotating mast. I noticed you lifted the mast pretty easily by yourself, but I am having a heck of time lifting my mast. It seems heavy. Is there a difference in weight and length between the X and M masts? I am considering ordering a 26M raising system, but I still use the 26X mast crutch at the pedestal and it seems like the mast does not want to move along the tiny wheel. Does anyone else have this problem, or do I just need to lubricate the wheel?
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 3:27 pm
by Captain Steve
Trav White, I had the same problem with my crutch wheel...a little shot of WD-40 and it rolls nicely!
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 9:11 pm
by argonaut
Great video.
The X -not- having a furler is part of the speed of this and the "speedy rigger" video example.
It's a tradeoff. My rigs average 40 minutes, from door slam to dockside, that's an X with a furler, main with slides, sheets led through blocks, rudders unpinned, fenders dropped, last minute potty breaks and often at least one nut wasting the time to tell me what an idiot I am for building a boat I have to sail when I could just buy a stinkpot or a jet ski.
Every time I walk from the rig to the boat after launching and see the boat dockside I admire what a thing of beauty it is.
If I could improve up one thing it would be the mast raiser. Mine works great, but I can't leave it attached due to interference from it's winch. Also there is so much mast rake that the ginpole can't lie parallel to the mast, so it has to be unpinned and stowed. Probably five more minutes launching and retrieving.
Still, everything has a cost, I figure I need the exercise anyway and it's better than being on some machine.