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Home Forums Search Trailer Sailor Roster Chandlery Events Classifieds Resources About TSBB SBO Sites	Instructions/FAQ | Rules & Etiquette | Edit Profile | Forum Login View Thread | Post Response | Return to Index | Read Prev Msg | Read Next Msg | Stowed / Up position Posted By: Sam Hunter, '93 Mac26S, Atlanta & Pensacola Date: 5/3/09 4:11p.m. Report: outside forum guidelines In Response To: This may be one of my truly wierd ideas!!! A bow boarding ladder. (pic) (Sam Hunter, '93 Mac26S, Atlanta & Pensacola) The other oddball gear on the pulpit is another experiment. I wanted to raise the mast up from the factory position so that we could open the fwd hatch with the mast down. So, the mast support on top of the pulpit. I also got tired of dealing with some way to support the R/F unit while trailering. I am trying a bunch of little "experiments" to reduce setup / takedown time and generally make trailering more convenient. That (whatever-you-call-it) extending forward from the pulpit is a support for the R/F. As I was playing with the idea, I realized that, if it were strong enough, it could also serve as a "sprit" for the spinnaker or a drifter (something I really want to get). So, I laminated it in place, took it off and finished it up half-decently, then mounted it in the old traditional way (with rope). This too will get its first real trials at the Florida 120. Hopefully, I'll get the kinks worked out by BEER!

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This may be one of my truly wierd ideas!!! A bow boarding ladder. -- Sam Hunter, '93 Mac26S, Atlanta & Pensacola -- 5/3/09 4:02p.m.

 Stowed / Up position   -- Sam Hunter, '93 Mac26S, Atlanta & Pensacola -- 5/3/09 4:11p.m.

Like the ladder a lot! -- Scott Widmier, Mac26D, Kennesaw, GA -- 5/4/09 4:24a.m.

Sam, request for top view pic -- MrBill_26D_fll -- 5/4/09 7:09a.m.

OK, I'll try to get one tomorrow -- Sam Hunter, '93 Mac26S, Atlanta & Pensacola -- 5/4/09 5:10p.m.

OK, this one is from above -- Sam Hunter, '93 Mac26S, Atlanta & Pensacola -- 5/5/09 10:49a.m.

And a view from the front... -- Sam Hunter, '93 Mac26S, Atlanta & Pensacola -- 5/5/09 10:54a.m.

thanks, and more questions -- mr bill -- 5/5/09 2:26p.m.

OK, I'll try to answer... (and notes on some things that did NOT work) -- Sam Hunter, '93 Mac26S, Atlanta & Pensacola -- 5/5/09 4:45p.m.

Oh, yeah. I am also carrying the additional req'd CG stuff -- Sam Hunter, '93 Mac26S, Atlanta & Pensacola -- 5/5/09 4:57p.m.

Very Nice! -- mr bill -- 5/6/09 2:27p.m.

Thanks for the comments... And a philosophical meandering... -- Sam Hunter, '93 Mac26S, Atlanta & Pensacola -- 5/7/09 5:51a.m.

rear anchor roller -- MrBill_26D_fll -- 5/7/09 7:34a.m.

Not sure if reversing engine / ladder is easier in/out, BUT... -- Sam Hunter, '93 Mac26S, Atlanta & Pensacola -- 5/7/09 8:21a.m.

Nice asymmetrical! -- Balazs (Mac26C GP, Alberta) -- 5/7/09 8:49a.m.

classic shute dim's -- MrBill_26D_fll -- 5/7/09 9:48a.m.

Believe it or not, its the factory std issue. -- Sam Hunter, '93 Mac26S, Atlanta & Pensacola -- 5/7/09 10:20a.m.

Wow, I'd love to see some closeup pics of your setup, especially of this: -- Balazs (Mac26C GP, Alberta) -- 5/7/09 10:45a.m.

26S with an M asymmetrical -- Bob s-v Watermark - Mac26S - Ottawa River - ON -- 5/7/09 12:03p.m.

River boat -- Keith Nuttle -- 5/4/09 8:58a.m.

Actually, those front ramps on riverboats is where I got the original idea. -- Sam Hunter, '93 Mac26S, Atlanta & Pensacola -- 5/4/09 5:08p.m.