Your weight estimate is correct, it weighs about 250lbs but it is tall enough to be pretty ungainly. I walk the bottom of the mast forward and hang it in a rope sling beneath the pulpit (measures 13' 2" from the road whilst sitting on my trailer that way, street legal by 4"!). Pivot point just beneath the spreaders is fine, be sure that you tie the loop where it is livoting just beneath the spreaders to a cleat or something on the mast itself with a line as you dont want any pressure on the spreaders themselves. Be careful of your forestay foil as you lower, it can get hung up.
Last edited by JBiermann; 12/24/15 11:25 PM.