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From: Rich Gano (no email)
Date: Tue Apr 04 2006 - 16:00:54 EDT
To each his own. I think a trawler without a mast is like a man .....,
well, let's not go there. Anyway, if I had happened to find myself
owning a trawler without a proper mast, would I have gone to the trouble
to install one? Hard to say, because as we see here, there are
alternatives. The man-overboard problem can be addressed using a
quickly attached strap across the flying bridge from the off side
amidships cleat in combination with a block and tackle arrangement on
the "engaged" side, and the dinghy can be carried in various manners.
I don't have my radar properly attached to the mast - it's on the front
of the flying bridge. I didn't put it there, but there it stays. So
from that point of view, my mast is not required.
However, my mast functions to hold up a VHF antenna, anchor light, radar
reflector, yard arm floodlights, three flag halyards, and a boom to
handle the dinghy with which I refuse to clutter up the swim step, or,
God forbid, tow. And, yes, there is a useless steadying sail included
in the outfit. An additional major function is the support along the
horizontal boom of a major piece of Sunbrella awning.
So, if you don't have a mast and boom, look what you can't do with it.
:)
The mast (not just a uniform cross-sectioned pole) with its proper taper
along with the boat's overall design gives the boat a distinctive and
shipshape look. I mean, come on folks, the boat was DESIGNED to look
like this, and I LIKE THE LOOK. So apparently do the majority of folks
out there, sailors and lubbers alike. It's like walking around wearing
a really finely appointed set of clothing in appropriate surroundings
(something those who know me realize seldom, if ever, happens :)).
So if I were to re-install a mast of a trawler without one, I might
start by looking for a piece of tapered aluminum light pole like one
person I heard of did. Lacking that, a heavier wooden mast would work
fine too. My old wooden mast and boom combination weighs a ton, but a
properly sized bit of tackle allows me to rig from air draft of 26 feet
to less that 17 feet in approximately 2.5 minutes (somebody, without me
knowing it, timed me once as I entered the marina with its covered
slips). In comparison, aluminum would be trivial to raise and lower.
2 cents delivered. Your TV will now be returned to your control....
Rich Gano
CALYPSO (GB42-295)
Southport, FL
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