by Guest » Wed Aug 11, 2004 11:20 pm
I'm not familiar with how The Javelin mast attaches and is raised, but I have made a pulley setup for my Daysailer 1 that allows me to raise the mast by myself (I can raise it with out this pulley arrangement, but it gets a bit shakey when it's almost all the way up). I can email you a couple pictures that might give you an idea for your Javelin. Basically, there's a tall upright at front of trailer. A pulley is attached to this at the top. The mast is hooked up at the rear hinge pin, side shrouds attached, front stay left unattached. the mast then is raised up maybe 30 degrees and supported there with a stand made to fit over the center board area. The "free" end of the jib halyard is tied to the pulley housing (stationary part of pulley assembly). A line is then tied to the halyard shackle and this line ran thru the pulley and back to the cockpit. From here I start pulling on the line till the mast is all the way up. At that point I keep tension on the line (or tie it to a convienient cleat) while installing the front mast hinge pin. Once this is installed I can go forward and install front stay.
When doing all this I've found it necessary to "follow" the mast as it goes up in order to steady it and prevent it from maybe falling off to one side and bending the hinge plate. Basically, the arrangement works well but is not a simple setup and does require care in using it.
steve parsons (saabdrver-at-aol.com)