[quote=MN3]Hi Bob, from what i can put together.. you are on the right track. Just park away from other people/cars/people walking with sheets of glass (like always appear in a car chase scene in the movies)... and practice.
I have owned and used an E-Z Step. they are a bear to set up.. but once dialed in.. they work very well. You can rig them in about 15 minutes... and worth the work... (esp if you have a bad back, or its windy). An other option is to turn your cat around (sterns to the car) and use the mast yoke as your "ladder" to prop up the mast. then you walk the mast up and somehow work out a system to connect the forestay (on my cat, i use my spin halyard attached to the bridal ring)... this involves stepping over your car .. so trust is needed...
[quote]One other suggestion might be to attach the
trap lines to the dolphin striker to help stabilize the mast while you are raising it (like they do with the one man stepping systems attached to a hand winch). [/quote]
If you drop your mast for any reason you will probably destroy your dolphin striker. This is the "spine" of your cat.. i would NOT attach anything to it.. .this included pulling your cat on/off the trailer... hanging on it while righting... etc. While these are robust parts of the cat.. they are so critical.. they should be left alone. I have personally seen them go PING (snap)on a cat while on the water.
Self stepping systems like the E-Z Step DO NOT attach to the dolphin striker, they loop a strap around the hulls and attach to the trap lines that way.
On my H18 i put eyestaps on the outside of the front beam as place to tie my traphandles to the beam to help reduce side to side motion (but i hardly ever used them)<!-- editby --><em>edited by: andrewscott, Aug 27, 2009 - 10:03 AM</em><!-- end editby --> [/quote]
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