The quick and easy cuss-free way to raise your mast on a daysailer.

[@creatamax16]

Great simple idea having that that ratchet strap up front. Thanks for sharing. Cheers

[@huntsail3727]

8 years later and it is still a good and informative video. I looking at Daysailor's and this answers one of my questions. Great job! Hope you are still enjoying the boat. Fair winds.

[@tdk1246]

I'm still sailing, moved up to a Cape Dory 27 about three years ago. I'm happy, don't want anything else. I learned here, I like small sailboats.

[@huntsail3727]

@@tdk1246 Thanks for the info. Your new boat is a classic, hope you continue to enjoy it. Fair winds.

[@kentwood9821]

Excellent! Love that you get right to business and no talking.

[@MrGreenejr100]

Awesome!! So simple, so many people build these huge and heavy contraptions to do the same thing. Thanks for the great idea and video.

[@johmu5466]

That is fan-tastic !! ...Best method I've ever seen for raising a daysailer mast - so simple, and effective...!! Thanks for sharing! Can't wait to try it on my boat...!!

[@AlKubeluis]

I just got a Rascal daysailer. Your detailed video is just what I need to raise the mast (and understand how all of the mast support cables connect). Thank you very much. ... Al K

[@rickharris5485]

Awesome video. I just bought a small trailer-type sailboat and this video will help a newbie like me. Thanks for taking the time to post it.

[@tdk1246]

Rick Harris that is the way to go. You'll have a lot of fun with that boat. Sailing is an awesome past time. In can't wait for the weather to break to get back out there.

[@Davidabeck1]

Very helpful video to see the whole process in real time. Thanks for taking the time to post this video!

[@restore_4urestorationconse863]

Lucas, thanks for the helpful video! Can you please post directions on how you made the rear wooden support for the mast. How did you attach it to the rudder fittings and what was the height? If you have build photos / videos, that would be great.

[@steadilsr]

Prospective Daysailer owner: Nice video. I liked the ratchet strap. I sold my Rhodes22 which had a longer, heavier mast, 9 stays with Harken furler on headsail. It was a bitch getting the stays and halyards in the right place before you used their proprietary brake winch on gin pole mounted to the cabin top. Your system reinforces how simple this boat is to launch. So Thanks!

[@tommackey5140]

Bravo,never seen the strap method.That will help me. Thanks

[@RussellSCarr]

Thank you for the video, this is great!

[@mkaplan99]

That's great. I'd like to use this idea for my O'day Javelin. How did you attach the strap to the mast? By the way,I also have a Cape Dory 26 that I trailer. Great boat.

[@tdk1246]

@@mkaplan99 A mast eye. Cape Dorys are the best, I absolutely love my CD27

[@efoconnor01]

Hi great video. Could you send me the dimensions of you trailer? Location of rollers and height and angle of bunks and rollers? Thanks in advance. I have a DS 2 and the hull cracked over a bunk. My clearance over the fenders is a lot less than yours and I am sure everyone would appreciate it. I know I would! Thanks in advance

[@marshalkrieg2664]

My mast is bigger, an ODay 17, and I cannot raise it, it is too heavy and unwieldy. I have never sailed before, this is my 1st boat. What devices do I need, modifications etc. I need assistance, thanks.

[@johngarceau541]

Ty

[@JohnFinityRealtor]

I like the stern mast crutch, and the idea of a strap to hold the mast at the bow before you attach the forestay. Great stuff. Still; there's a lot of stuff you could edit out, don't need to see the ENTIRE process

[@garyanderson460]

Anyone one have input on a Oday day sailer that you have to lift and drop in/ the cuddly.

[@iandefice4118]

Cut the mast and put in a tabernacle. D&R Marine and Dwyer Aluminum Mast sell them. Try the forum on daysailer.org for more info.

[@jimmywhispers100]

I keep meaning to install a tabernacle setup like that for my daysailer. As of now the mast needs to be lifted straight up and dropped into the cuddy. No fun

[@tdk1246]

Trying to lift a mast into a small hole is difficult. A tabernacle makes a big difference.

[@danielpothier9990]

cuss free love it!

[@MrCurtisass]

i have NEVER rigged a boat without cussing !!!! NEVER !!!!

[@HappyOnGuitar]

Very helpful video. I just bought a Daysailer 3 and I'm confused about the rope configuration for the swing keel. It currently appears to be somewhat disassembled inside the cuddy cabin. I'm not sure how it should be connected. Could someone be kind enough to post a short video showing how the ropes coming from the keel casing are configured?

[@tdk1246]

The rigging for the center board leaves a lot to desire. I was never a fan of it. Over complicated, jammed a lot, and got in the way all the time. daysailor.org has some diagrams that will help you out.

[@tamara8908]

Anyone have any ideas stepping a mast that does not have a tabernacle?

[@tdk1246]

It's really difficult to raise a mast without a tabernacle by yourself. The length of the mast is too cumbersome. If your boat does not have a tabernacle and you need to raise the mast by yourself - a tabernacle is a must. DR marine has a hinge plate for $55. You can convert your boat if your mast goes through a hole in the cabin top.

[@blaws6684]

If you don’t have a tabernacle just stay on board and pray :) Better yet seek guidance from the Parrish.

[@MrCurtisass]

go to the gym

[@robertknowles2699]

The Daysailer 1 iv’e worked with has a short 4 ft. Al mast section inserted through deck, resting on mast jack in turn resting on keelson centerline. It has the hinge plate for mast mateing hinge plate on its top. 24 ft. Long mast still hard to raise alone. Thank you for ratchet strap close by illustration. I alway seek assist raising mast in parking lot as well.@@tdk1246

[@XboxGamersAndMore]

That hinge makes it easy…

[@curtisasscurtisass7640]

why on earth would you need to video this ? one step up from rigging a sunfish.....

[@t76d777f6d]

I found this extremely helpful. I'm thinking of grabbing a 17 foot daysailer, never rigged one in my life. Now I feel like I have, and better understand the craft because of this video!

[@tdk1246]

I bought that boat two years ago, I'm glad you found it helpful. When I got that boat home, I had no idea how to put it together. I know where you are at in the process. Lot's of good deals on 17' sailboats out there. The O'Day DaySailor is one of the best, though. Have fun and enjoy the process of learning to sail.

[@smichelsen]

Curtis... There's always a better way to do a task - even simple ones. I was happy to see this and got some good ideas.

[@MrCurtisass]

well, this is the reason i sold my Lightning. i had to stand the mast and then drop it in. TOO much for myself. i now sail a flying scot and can stand the mast and rig it with no probs. i'm 53 and small framed...

[@MSingleton48]

Curtisass curtisass, good grief. It’s less than 7 minutes!