[MHml] Bi plane rigs.

Roy Mills rsirfj at shaw.ca
Tue Sep 5 03:43:43 EST 2006


At 09:09 AM 9/4/06, you wrote:
>I guess I see the tilting as being done on the trailer where adding a pivot
>and a lever with maybe a line to a trailer winch adding no weight to the
>boat. What I like about the expanding trailer is you can make your changes
>very agro (read cheap and easy) and heavy with no effect to the weight of
>the boat.

         Alright already,I am convinced.

>   Really how much easier could you make the mast raising if you had
>the hull and cradle pivot, insert mast horizontally, then crank the trailer
>winch till vertical?  None of that sway side to side, or strain halfway up
>when the guys snag.
>At least that is what I see in my mind when I picture the process :-)

         And as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words 
:^)  But your comments and those of that other Rob(ert) make it very 
clear that I spoke without thinking it through.


>Robert

         Roy 



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