Corsair Marine F-31 Specifications download pdf (Page 26)

reaches the aft mast support.

CAUTION: If your trailer winch

does not have an automatic brake

feature, don’t let go of the winch

handle while lowering. Should

this happen it will start spinning

very fast and could cause injury.

Don’t try and stop it - except by

using the winch brake. DON’T

try and grab the handle - you

will just have to let the mast fall -

better than a broken hand.

Once the mast is fully down,

disconnect the winch hook, re-

connect to the bow eye, and re-

tension. The jib halyard is then

reconnected to the mast.

Disconnect mast from the step,

and lift it up to enable the wind

indicator to be removed from the

masthead. Walk the mast for-

ward until the mast can be

mounted on the pulpit's lift up

spigot (in roller furling shaft hole)

or rested on the carrier on the pulpit.

Secure the mast to the pulpit and aft mast support. All

rigging wires and stays should now be secured to the mast

with the Velcro ties. This is to prevent them from rubbing on

the deck which will quickly wear through any gelcoat or paint.

On long trips it is also a good idea to pad between the wires

floats - thus keeping it from cluttering up the main cabin.

If possible, relieve the tension on the battens, and these

can be left in the loosely rolled main. Remove the roller

furling handle (if fitted) and stow in the anchor well. Leave the

topping lift on, to take the weight, and disconnect boom from

the mast. Lay it down on the cabin roof to one side and fit the

sail cover/bag. Disconnect the topping lift, and reconnect to

the mast.

The boom/mainsail is heavy on the F-28 and F-31 and

hard to handle. It can be stowed in the cabin if you wish, but

this takes considerable effort, and room inside. It is much

more convenient to stow it on the cabin roof, where it is

protected by its bag and is ready for instant use next time.

To lower the mast, release the jib halyard from the rope

clutch, turning block and mast base block (if necessary) and

cleat it to a horn cleat on the mast side. Release the trailer

winch hook, pass it over the bow roller and hook to the jib

halyard. Tension the winch until the forestay just becomes

slack, allowing the pin to be removed. There is no need to

slacken the turnbuckle.

Take the forestay back and secure to the mast. Remove

all halyards etc. from the rope clutches and blocks as

required. Wrap these around the mast to retain all stays and

halyrads neatly against the mast. It is important that this is

done now, otherwise when lowering the mast any loose

stays will tend to fall away over the boat. It also makes

subsequent rigging easier.

Fit the mast raising pole/yoke assembly, and begin low-

ering the mast by letting out the trailer winch line. The raising

wires must be fitted with rotating masts. As the mast

comes down, take care that the winch line meets the center

of the raising pole, and that the mast is central when it

This is about the right position for the trailer when retrieving

Fitting an F-28 Mast to pulpit. All such masts with roller

furling fit on a vertical 'swing up' spigot on the pulpit. Mast

raising pole yoke can be left on mast as shown if wished.

Note also rotator position - folded up against mast.

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