Thanks for the quick response guys. I'll go back over all the suggestions tomorrow and see if I can get it done without destroying myself in the process. The raising from front quarter sounds interesting but probably don't want to try that for first time on my cement driveway. I'll wait to try that on sand.

After I got some help raising the mast for first time today I discovered that the side stays seem way too short and the forestay too long. I got the optional Sta/Master adjusters for the side stays and I think someone made a miscalculation when cutting/assembling the wires.
With all the adjustment let out of the Sta/Masters, my main halyard, hanging free, would touch the tramp a full 36" behind the base of the mast. That seems like an awful lot of rake to me. I'm already down to the 8th of 10 adjustments on the forestay and even honking down the forestay to the bottom isn't going to get my mast vertical or even close. I'd think that that with the side stays slackened to the limits the mast should be able to be raked forward. Anybody know what the length of these fore and side stays are supposed to be?
John