[C38] mast winch

[PAUL NOTTE]

I'm not sure of the brand of the chair I have but it is one of the less expensive ones with a hard wooden seat . For the tackle  I just used an old set of fiddle blocks . When I'm finished using them I wrap black tape around the line every 8 to 10 feet as I lower the halyard to keep it from getting tangled in the bag. I worked in the forest industry most of my life so heights don't bother me , there is a brake that can be obtained at a rock climbing shop but I just tie it off with a sheet bend.  I still hook the spin halyard on as a safety line .
  Paul
Impulse 328

----- Original Message -----
From: les <hlhowell at pacbell.net>
Date: Monday, February 20, 2012 12:13 pm
Subject: Re: [C38] mast winch
To: listserve at catalina38.org

> 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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