Goodall Viper - 3 Rigging; Raising; Lowering the Mast

Viper Owner's Manual 17
3 Rigging
3.1 Raising / Lowering the Mast
When rigging and moving your boat, please look up and inspect the overhead area. Observe the
location of overhead power lines and trees. These obstacles can damage your boat and are
potentially dangerous or deadly to yourselves.
Before raising the mast you should organize your Spinnaker halyard, see below.
The usual procedure is to raise the mast from the back of the boat, however the hinged mast step
allows the mast to be raised and lowered from any direction. The key to this is that the front of the
mast must face the direction that it is to be raised from, or lowered to.
Raising the mast requires a minimum of 2 people. The usual procedure would be:
1. Put the assembled platform on a flat surface, preferably with its sterns windward.
2. Position the mast on the boat, sail track down, with the top of the mast out the stern.