Do you have power lines or other obstructions to preclude you from stepping your mast on your trailer before you launch? I always step my mast with the boat on the trailer.



I think that with your boat floating that it would be rather unstable when you tried to lift your mast; sounds like a good way to hurt yourself or someone else. I am sure you could step your mast with your boat on the beach, but I think that it would be more difficult trudging around in the water getting everything ready to go.