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On the Trailer
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Terri helped me get the boat off the floor cradles and on to the trailer. It took us about 15 minutes but it went up fine and rides just right.
This allowed me to test the mast to see if I can lift it into place and decided that I had better cut the mast and place it in a tabernacle. The thing just weighs too much.
The tabernacle will allow me to raise the mast easier and will be the next step as you will see over the next few days. It sets us back a couple days but not too bad.
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Looking good there Steve... If you're stepping your mast on the deck, be sure to install a compression post under the deck to the keelson or you might see some deck flexing. If you're making your mast out of fir, you can always make a lighter one later out of spruce if you need to. For that size of boat, you could hollow out two sections and glue the two halves together to make a hollow mast that would be even lighter.
;-) Paul
Thanks, Paul. The tabernacle goe down to a mast step that is located between frames 2 & 3. I made a tenon in the bottom of the mast and it will be pinned in to avoid it from lifting out of the mast step when it is being raised or lowered. It works great.