lowering

This may be a goofy question, but what better place to ask it, than among fellow vikings? Have any of you Ericson 23 owners ever lowered the mast when the boat was at a slip, in the water? I have never unstepped the mast, and there are a number of upgrades I want to complete (lights, wind...

---- of note, I also posted this on the SailJazz mail list, not sure where we have all gone.... please forgive the redundancy -------- OK, I'll say right up front that I am not scared of heights and have gone up the mast on various boats more times than I care to remember. So, with fears...

I've just purchased a 1973 e25 and I would like to lower the mast. I have read the book entiled "raising and lowering the ericson/25 mast." My problem deals with the boom guys, (referred to in step # 7, in "Preparing the mast for rasing") and step # 5, in ("lowering the mast"). I don't...

Ok, I just bought a 71 ericson 27, we need to trailer the boat to it's new home this weekend. How does the mast step, there is no hinge on the deck, just what seems to be shoe that the mast sit on, is this shoe design so that we can winch the mast down, any suggestion's, Thanks for your help!