How to reach the pin when raising or lowering the mast?

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Christian
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How to reach the pin when raising or lowering the mast?

Post by Christian »

Is there a better way to reach to the pin, holding the forstay? We usually have one person "crawling" in to the front storage. He has to be on back and working with hands over head, without the the possibility to see where the pin shall be.

How do you reach this pin?

/ Christian
gminkovsky
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Post by gminkovsky »

I do it the opposite: lie down on my stomach or side and reach with one hand and work blindly. Or better, let a young person (son, daughter) do it!

What I found helpful is to insert the pin front to back so that cutter pin is more accessible. However, this resulted in the pin falling into the space forward of the stay. Then it is very difficult to retrieve.

Anyway, this is one of the worst design issues on 920...
Christian
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Get a long pin!

Post by Christian »

I bought a longer pin. So long that I could attach a string to it. Then it is quite easy to retrieve the pin from the that front space.

It seems better to stand on the the side of the boat - at least when testing the pin before putting the boat in water.

The problem is just to stand on the side...
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