stepping

Does anyone have any suggestions or have they stepped or unstepped the mast on a 25+ by hand?

I have an Ericson 23with a tabernacled mast. The Harbor in Santa Cruz CA. requires that I step the mast in order to make it under the bridge. My current rigging setup requires basically disassembling the shrouds and back stay. My question is: Can anyone suggest, describe, or refer me to what...

After reading the original booklet that came with my boat, and a variety of posts, I tried to step my mast setting the boom perpendicular to the mast, the boom at the bale guyed off to chainplates on port and starboard sides, main halyard attached to the top of boom, and a pulley system to pull...

ok, so, with my new '78 E25 there is this intriguing little booklet on how to raise and lower the mast single-handed.. all it seems to require is time... and a pair of 'crutches' to rest the lowered mast on... does anyone have these original 'crutches'? and/or have a plan i can...

Some of you may remember my adventures last fall in unstepping the mast on my 27 with the help of a local bridge. Now that it is spring, its time to reverse the process...and I'm still too cheap to hire the job out. So, here is what I'm thinking: What if I were to raft up to some friends...