I agree with Joe

Although we do it ourselves and do it every year we also need to have a group 
of people who come on their own time.  For these reasons I do everything I can 
before they arrive to use the least amount of their time that is necessary.  
Much would be the same if you pay to have someone else do it as otherwise the 
Rigger would have to do these tasks that are very time consuming.

Prior to the day of un-stepping the mast these are the things that I do and 
that you can also do:


  *   Have all masthead gear removed.  Wind transducer, windex, VHF antenna.  
Send someone aloft to do this
  *   Have boom removed.
  *   De-rig all running rigging.  Have the halyards no longer running thru any 
blocks attached to the deck and coiled neatly and attached to mast
  *   Un-pin all shrouds and stays.  Lubricate all turn buckles.  Take a turn 
off of each to ensure they are not seized

These few steps take a lot of time but perhaps you can contact the people 
un-stepping the mast and see if doing this on un-stepping and then you doing 
the re-rigging would save on your quote.

I know that we have worked on a lot of masts.  Some owners are far more 
prepared than others and as a result the job takes less than half the time

Mike Hoyt
Persistence
Halifax, NS


From: Joe Della Barba via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
Sent: October 3, 2021 3:30 PM
To: 'Stus-List' <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
Cc: j...@dellabarba.com
Subject: Stus-List Re: Mast in and out

This is not routine here in Maryland, my mast has been out exactly one time. I 
think it was $160 out and $160 in, which was the hourly crane charge back then. 
I had all the sails off, wiring disconnected, forestay and backstay off 
replaced by halyards, boom off, and the shrouds ready to go. The crane was 
literally done in about 10 minutes. If you paid the yard to do everything I can 
well see it hitting $1000.

Joe Della Barba
Coquina C&C 35 MK I
Kent Island MD USA


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