Here is a homemade video of me rigging my X.
I use a hank on jib and the break just before I raise the mast is because my parents came for a visit.
http://www.bostream.nu/jofawinth/Film.wmv
Please opine!
Sorry for bad spelling / grammar, I'm from Sweden...
How I rig my 26x in 12 min!
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Trav White
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Nice video. 
I noticed you hooked up the boom pretty quickly. Do you use quick connect pins or the bolts? If so, what type of pins?
Second...I may have the only Mac 26X with the 26M rotating mast. I noticed you lifted the mast pretty easily by yourself, but I am having a heck of time lifting my mast. It seems heavy. Is there a difference in weight and length between the X and M masts? I am considering ordering a 26M raising system, but I still use the 26X mast crutch at the pedestal and it seems like the mast does not want to move along the tiny wheel. Does anyone else have this problem, or do I just need to lubricate the wheel?
I noticed you hooked up the boom pretty quickly. Do you use quick connect pins or the bolts? If so, what type of pins?Second...I may have the only Mac 26X with the 26M rotating mast. I noticed you lifted the mast pretty easily by yourself, but I am having a heck of time lifting my mast. It seems heavy. Is there a difference in weight and length between the X and M masts? I am considering ordering a 26M raising system, but I still use the 26X mast crutch at the pedestal and it seems like the mast does not want to move along the tiny wheel. Does anyone else have this problem, or do I just need to lubricate the wheel?
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Trav White
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- Location: Jacksonville, FL '02X with 26M rotating mast, Mercury 60hp 4-stroke
Nice video. I noticed you hooked up the boom pretty quickly. Do you use quick connect pins or the bolts? If so, what type of pins?
Second...I may have the only Mac 26X with the 26M rotating mast. I noticed you lifted the mast pretty easily by yourself, but I am having a heck of time lifting my mast. It seems heavy. Is there a difference in weight and length between the X and M masts? I am considering ordering a 26M raising system, but I still use the 26X mast crutch at the pedestal and it seems like the mast does not want to move along the tiny wheel. Does anyone else have this problem, or do I just need to lubricate the wheel?
I noticed you hooked up the boom pretty quickly. Do you use quick connect pins or the bolts? If so, what type of pins?Second...I may have the only Mac 26X with the 26M rotating mast. I noticed you lifted the mast pretty easily by yourself, but I am having a heck of time lifting my mast. It seems heavy. Is there a difference in weight and length between the X and M masts? I am considering ordering a 26M raising system, but I still use the 26X mast crutch at the pedestal and it seems like the mast does not want to move along the tiny wheel. Does anyone else have this problem, or do I just need to lubricate the wheel?
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Captain Steve
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argonaut
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Great video.
The X -not- having a furler is part of the speed of this and the "speedy rigger" video example.
It's a tradeoff. My rigs average 40 minutes, from door slam to dockside, that's an X with a furler, main with slides, sheets led through blocks, rudders unpinned, fenders dropped, last minute potty breaks and often at least one nut wasting the time to tell me what an idiot I am for building a boat I have to sail when I could just buy a stinkpot or a jet ski.
Every time I walk from the rig to the boat after launching and see the boat dockside I admire what a thing of beauty it is.
If I could improve up one thing it would be the mast raiser. Mine works great, but I can't leave it attached due to interference from it's winch. Also there is so much mast rake that the ginpole can't lie parallel to the mast, so it has to be unpinned and stowed. Probably five more minutes launching and retrieving.
Still, everything has a cost, I figure I need the exercise anyway and it's better than being on some machine.
The X -not- having a furler is part of the speed of this and the "speedy rigger" video example.
It's a tradeoff. My rigs average 40 minutes, from door slam to dockside, that's an X with a furler, main with slides, sheets led through blocks, rudders unpinned, fenders dropped, last minute potty breaks and often at least one nut wasting the time to tell me what an idiot I am for building a boat I have to sail when I could just buy a stinkpot or a jet ski.
Every time I walk from the rig to the boat after launching and see the boat dockside I admire what a thing of beauty it is.
If I could improve up one thing it would be the mast raiser. Mine works great, but I can't leave it attached due to interference from it's winch. Also there is so much mast rake that the ginpole can't lie parallel to the mast, so it has to be unpinned and stowed. Probably five more minutes launching and retrieving.
Still, everything has a cost, I figure I need the exercise anyway and it's better than being on some machine.