Years ago I purchased a 16' sailboat and the only way to step the mast was manually. As any sailor knows, this can be an awkward and, in my case, gave me a hernia. Then an old sailor friend of mine described a simple rig to lift the mast with the trailer winch. Sure enough, it worked great and I used it for the entire time I had the boat.

Recently I purchased a lovely 22' gaff rigged wooden boat with a very heavy wood mast. I improved the same system to fit this boat and this is the same rig I'm now offered for sale.

Gin Poles only have one leg, so they are inherently unstable and require lateral support. My EZ-Lift system has two legs temporally attached to any convenient deck fitting near the mast, like stay mounts, jib pulley mounts, etc. (The rig's wooden deck foot allows for shackles, bolts, and other fasteners, but these are not included with the rig. They need to be tailored to your boat)

By attaching the jib halyard, or bow stay with a snap shackle (if you don't have a jib) to the head of the EZ-Lift and your trailer winch or a block & tackle any deck mounted mast can be easily and safely lifted into sailing position.

The rig is very simple to set up and takes only minutes to install Complete instructions are supplied.

There are three components to this rig that are supplied:

2, Loop type hinged feet, (CC) these connect to your boat near the side stays by shackles or some other system that you supply.

1, Lifting head that connects to the 3/4" poles with heavy duty loops for connecting to jib halyard, or front stay, on one side and another heavy duty loop to connect to a block & tackle, trailer winch, etc. That also must supplied by others.
The poles on this rig are 3/4" Intermediate Metal Conduit (or any 3/4" threaded water pipe). They are not supplied with the Head and Feet fittings. However, they can be easily purchased from most hardware or electrical supply stores for $11,00 -$12.00 each.