Stepping/Unstepping a J/30 mast is billed about $450 each way in Massachusetts those days.
My club has existing cranes but not high enough to go comfortably above the spreaders when the tide allow access to our camels.
Juggling with ideas to address this: like finding a scrapped 50' mast still proper to go to 200 pounds (we have bigger boats in the club), rig it next our existing cranes + foolproof manual windlass.
Anyone have experiences to share in that matter?
Cheers,