catalina27-talk: lazy jacks

[Jeffery L. Sheler]

Has anyone installed a lazy jack system? I'd like to add one before next 
season and I'd like to think I can do it myself. I'm wondering if I'll need 
a bosun's chair, or if I can attach the lines high enough on the mast by 
standing on the boom, or maybe a ladder. I'd like to avoid being hauled up 
the mast if at all possible because I'm not very confident of the condition 
of the main halyard sheave at the masthead. (Replacing it is a project for 
another day.) Has anyone had experience installing lazy jacks? Any 
preferences on brand?

Jeff Sheler
s/v Windsome
C27TR #6594
Hampton, VA