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[quote=smfinley]If you ever use a winch or trailer attached method for raising your mast, make sure the boat is tightly secured to the trailer. The one time I have been involved with dropping a mast I was one of the crew (probably 14 or 15 years old, so it must have been my fault) and when raising a SC20 mast using a winch (with boat tiedowns loosened) the boat slid forward allowing the mast to fall back down. In addition to bending the diamond wire support it also picked the back of the hulls up shifted to the side slightly and dropped them back down off the trailer, causing hull damage as well. After that we always made sure the boat was securely attached to the trailer before raising the mast with the winch, and raise it by hand when we have 2 or 3 guys available. I also never let anyone near the back of the boat when lowering the mast, at least not until I have lowered it to my waist level while on the boat when lowering by hand (when using a H16 or H18).[/quote]

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