[C38] mast winch

[Joseph Launie]

Les,
     Thanks for the feedback on the West Marine chair. I am recovering 
from nerve damage in the leg and will be using the bosun's chair to get 
on and of the boat. You cannot be too careful. My late friend Frosty - a 
professional rigger, went aloft on one halyard and it failed.  Joe

On 2/20/2012 12:12 PM, les wrote:
> Hi, guys,
> 	I fit pauls description as well.  I purchased the WestMarine chair, but
> didn't fit.  Nancy went up the mast in it, and it held her so securely
> that she didn't feel too much of her natural fear of heights.
>
> 	It seemed well made, and the pockets and stuff seemed nicer that the
> bucket I had used before, but we ended up using the bucket anyway to
> provide a messenger to get stuff up and down.
>
> If you are using a halyard, check the splices very carefully before
> relying on them.  Also I recommend tying the line to the bosun chair
> rather than using any fitting.  That's assuming you have line for the
> halyard.  Those of you with wire halyards have your own issues to check.
>
> I usually tried to schedule any aloft work after one or two sails after
> replacing the halyards.  This meant we had new halyards, that had
> already been stressed.  I also ran a safety check by tying the halyard
> to the motor mount we had on the deck next to the mast and hauling up
> until it was bowstring tight.  Just a stress test to make sure all was
> well.
>
> DUHH!! I guess I'm overly cautious with aloft work, but falling seems a
> bit extreme to me too.
>
> Oh, and as to stowing all the line for a 5:1, we used an old military
> duffel, with a sock sewn in to hold the blocks.  I sewed a grommet into
> the bag and put the bitter end through that with a stopper knot.  this
> meant the line wouldn't get tangled.  to stow the line I always pulled
> all the line through the blocks to pull the blocks together, then put
> the blocks in the sock, and then the line went into the bag. Not neat,
> but easy to stow and deploy.
>
> Regards,
> Les H
>
> On Mon, 2012-02-20 at 00:29 -0800, Joseph Launie wrote:
>> Paul,
>>      What are you using for a bosun's chair? I just tried using my old
>> chair and almost fell out the back of the seat. I am not as agile as I
>> once was. The West Marine premium chair looks good. Anyone tried it?
>> Joe Launie/Macavity
>>
>
>
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