[quote=smfinley]To help stabalize while raising the mast, on our SC20 we would pass the jib sheet under the front cross beam and then tie it to a trapeze line on each side of the boat. Using the jib blocks to hold tension, while hand winching the mast up. This helped with windage or uneven parking lots. We later discovered it is easier to use 2 or 3 guys to manually raise the mast instead of winching and haven't winched it since. I would not recommend bungee cords to aid in stabalizing anything unless there is a rope backing it up.
In the first 30 degrees or so of raising the mast there is a lot of tension and force on the winch system which I was never really comfortable with.
I agree with Andrew, stick with the forestay or trap lines for raising the mast by winch, never use the jib halyard.[/quote]
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