I posted a line sketch
one before, don't have it at hand nor have time at the moment,
sorry. But at Saratoga Lake there are two approaches, with many
variations on the most common, and my partner and I came at long
last to a good solution.
So the most involved, used by maybe 1/4 of the boats, is a
big wooden X at bow and stern, resting on the ground. It's more
an inverted V in appearance, as the upper part above the
crossing point is only 6 - 10", to cradle the mast. The crossing
point is fastened by a single through-bolt. Those at our club
are made of 2x6s, but 2x4s would be more than adequate.
The legs are braced by diagonals that go to the ground; on
the the bow structure, braced toward the stern, and vice-versa.
They can be staked, or braced to the X with a board.
The other boats use a smaller X, (2x4s) sitting on the deck.
Legs about 4 feet overall. Bracing is by a third leg which is
hinged from the top. The T or strap hinge is fastened by the
bolt through the crossing point (a hole drilled through the
upper half of the hinge.) Bottoms of legs are beveled, with a
piece of rubber or carpeting to protect the deck.
If you just sketch that out it should come clear.
Typically these have screw-eyes near the bottom, with a
light line connecting all three to control spread. (We
eliminated this, see ff.)
What we finally arrived at, after many years struggling with
how to fasten these in place (they came with the boat), was to
move the screw-eyes to very near the bottoms, then use pieces of
light line to tie each in place.
At the bow, the single leg is against the center (dock line)
cleat; the side legs are against the fore chain plate. At the
stern, the center is against the socket for the flag mast; there
are several possible candidates for the side legs, take your
pick.
Good luck, Christian, Watercolors #170.
On 10/27/2018 8:38 AM, Ensign Sailing Forum wrote:
Anyone have some advice for
a newbie for securing my unstepped mast to the deck for
transportation and storage for the winter? The boat will sit
on a cradle until spring and I’ll be ‘wrapping’ everything
with a blue tarp. Advice, sketches or a photos of how you
folks support it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks / JRiley1425