How stabile is the mast with shrouds disconnected

[EricD.]

I have to repair the main bulkheads and plan on doing one side at a time, on the water with the mast still installed. My worry is how stabile the mast will be without the mains attached. I hope to take only a day or two per side, but would like to have an idea how much wind the mast could take if things go sideways.

 

[toddster]

It would be cool if stabile were the opposite of labile. Oooo, but this is too cool and super germane:

1. a freestanding abstract sculpture or structure, typically of wire or sheet metal, in the style of a mobile but rigid and stationary.
   

It might help to specify which boat you are discussing, but I’d guess it’s a keel-stepped one? In any case, you can almost always stabilize the mast with a halyard or two tied off to the rail (or stem or stern, as the case may be.). Good enough for sitting in the marina.

 

[EricD.]

It's a 32-2, deck stepped.

 

[Slick470]

Deck stepped will be less stable than keel stepped, but as toddster mentioned if you run a couple halyards to the toe rail on the side you have disconnected, you shouldn't have any issues in a marina.

 

[Mark David]

no problem with using halyards, but make sure the babies are helping the cause

 

[EricD.]

Thank you.