http://www.sailing-blog.co.uk/sailingmatters/trailer-sailers/swift-18/ dinghy sailing, trailer sailers and blue water. Wed, 02 Jun 2010 02:29:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.sailing-blog.co.uk/sailingmatters/trailer-sailers/swift-18/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Dick Van Aken Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:31:19 +0000 http://www.sailing-blog.co.uk/?p=51#comment-6 I owned various yachts including trailer sailers, but never bothered about A frames for stepping a mast. All you need is a block attached to your bow. Feed a sheet from your forestay through the block to your cockpit. A crew member can slowly release the sheet, preferably using a winch, whilst you stand on the deck and lower the mast. This works well for a smaller trailer sailer. I did this successfully on my old 17ft Silhouette and my present Manta 19. Good Luck. I owned various yachts including trailer sailers, but never bothered about A frames for stepping a mast.
All you need is a block attached to your bow. Feed a sheet from your forestay through the block to your cockpit.
A crew member can slowly release the sheet, preferably using a winch, whilst you stand on the deck and lower the mast.
This works well for a smaller trailer sailer.
I did this successfully on my old 17ft Silhouette and my present Manta 19. Good Luck.

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