We prepared to raise the mast by first using our garage roof as a temporary intermediate resting place for the mast. The plywood mast holder isn't tall enough to allow stepping the mast. It is not tall enough to allow the mast base to be slid into the deck fitting.
Another view of the mast during first preparations for test raisling in the driveway. Whoever took it down when the boat was trailered for sale had de-rigged the mast very haphazardly.
