A fellow C&C owner and I unstepped our masts two days ago. Our masts are too big for the yard’s manual lift, so we arranged for a crane truck to do the heavy lifting. We were both ready when the truck arrived, and we finished in less an hour. The minimum for the truck is two hours, which cost $286.50 (roughly $150 each). Going back up in the spring will be about the same. If you paid $3K for the crane, you overpaid by an order of magnitude.
Rod rigging is another story. From: Doug via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Friday, October 01, 2021 3:03 PM To: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Doug <svrebeccal...@gmail.com> Subject: Stus-List Re: Mast in and out Jim, I went to port Townsend rigging, was quoted $13k for all new standing rigging. Ended up with an $18k bill. $3k just for the crane to pull and restep the mast. Doug Mountjoy sv Rebecca Leah C & C Landfall 39 Port Orchard Yacht Club Port Orchard, WA -------- Original message -------- From: Jim Watts via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Date: 10/1/21 10:52 (GMT-08:00) To: 1 CnC List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Cc: Jim Watts <paradigmat...@gmail.com> Subject: Stus-List Mast in and out As part of a quote for potentially painting the topsides, we were given a cost for the local rigger to take the mast out and put it back in. I thought $1500 was a little steep, but I haven't done this since we had our 29-2, so maybe prices have gone up by 10X in the interim. I'm curious as to what kind of costs folks are incurring on their mast work just to see if this is reasonable. I also recently got a quote for $4500 which then ballooned to $9000 and counting to replace our rod rigging with wire. Does this sound at all in the ballpark? Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C&C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC
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