I go up on TWO halyards. I always tape snap shackles and use the spin halyard as a safety. It has a one-way clutch so it is easy for the mast person to pull it taught every few feet. I actually haven't been up in ages, my wife and son think it is way too hard to haul my fat butt up there, so one of them goes up and I do the grunt work.
Joe Della Barba [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> COQUINA From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of robert via CnC-List Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 9:18 AM To: [email protected] Cc: robert Subject: Stus-List C&C30-1 climb to top of mast? I have gone up masts using snap shackles many times, especially when the shackle in on a wire halyard......while not the safest because of the risk of them unintentionally opening, make it safe by tying the eye of the shackle to the bosun's chair with a sail tie or a piece of rope. Also, put a couple of wraps of electrical tape around the shackle. You don't want to be tying bowlines in your wire halyard when there is no need do it. Rob Abbott AZURA C&C 32 - 84 Halifax, N.S. On 2015-06-07 10:00 AM, S Thomas via CnC-List wrote: I agree absolutely where snap shackles are concerned, but wire main halyards are seldom equipped with such devices. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List <mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Cc: Marek Dziedzic <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2015 08:48 Subject: Re: Stus-List C&C30-1 climb to top of mast? On the wire halyard you clip into the eye, rather than to the shackle. The idea is to eliminate as many single failure points as possible. Another point is that you don't want to hang on a device that can be easily opened (especially by mistake) - e.g. snap shackle. Marek
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