Mast

[helmswatch]

Didn't notice in the ad that upon delivery of our R21 that "some assembly may be required!" I'm probably the only guy who has ridden Harley Davidsons, his whole life, who is such a poor mechanic, who when he changed spark plugs, had parts left over. In fact, in some states, it's illegal for me "to possess, distribute, and or operate" any hand tools or tapemeasures.

How does the mast become in an upright position and secured?

Also, are there any line drawings and even blueprints for a R21 to be had out there? My 93 yo draftsman father got me interested in collecting mechanical drawings of various things. For my eighth birthday I got a full-sized suitably framed blueprint of a Allis-Chalmers Model L-90 Power Unit, TM 5-9469 transformer!

Duke & Irene

Proud owners of a Ranger R21 & a bunch of stupid blueprints

 

[ron cowan]

You did say your tug was a 2005 did you not? If so the mast is probably like my 2006. The tall mast stands ina circle base on the cockpit floor just behind the pilothouse. Toward the top of the mast there should be three stainless cables attached. ( I do not know the names of the parts which a sailor would) The long cable hooks to a hole in the anchor bow roller. Small hole on the left side. There should be a turnbuckle on the end to tighten the cable when attached. The two side cables hook on each side of the pilothouse roof onto small stainless brackets with holes. Again tighten turnbuckles to tighten the cables. This secures the mast and now on the back side of the mast just above the roof there is a stainless yoke bracket to hook the end of the boom into. The boom attaches to the mast with the slot the length of the boom turned up. this slot is to slide the sunbrella shade after you get the mast and boom secured. I forgot to mention that the rope and pullies must be attached to the mast top in orderto raise the rear of the boom. Again I don't know the right terms for all of the parts. Even though you can leave the ropes attached it is a pain to put this up and take it down every time you go boating if you are coming out of the water onto a trailer. It all looks neat but as often as I go out, it drove me to install the hardtop that I had made. The top is shown in my album. It may not be the best explination but maybe it will help. My cell is (256) 318-4608 if you have questions about it.
Ron

 

[Andrew Custis]

Unfortunately this is a question for the Livingstons or customers with the same mast. I am not familiar with the older style tugs. Let me know if I can have one of them give you a call to explain.

If you post a picture I might be able to help explain over the phone as well. Thanks!

 

[Tugly]

On the Ranger Tugs home site, there is an article called "Alaska" under the "LINKS/ARTICLES" menu. This article, besides being great reading, has a couple of good pictures of the R 21 and mast set up. Slim, but might be of some help.

Bill