[C320-list] raising a bosun's chair

[russgm at yahoo.com]

Ok, I an picture that, I send it to the Windlass, and rap it a few times, but what "Secures" it??  just another's hands?  The advantage I see about using the Cockpit is you have the clutches and the sail tailing winch, which both act as "preventers" so to speak.  WHat do you do about this?
russ

Stan <ola7442000 at gmail.com> wrote: Russ,

The main halyard is run down the mast internally.  At the bottom of the mast
it passes through a block and continues to the cockpit,  By "reversing " the
halyard I mean to direct the main forward to the windlass by reversing the
direction it passes through the block.

Stan
"Our Little Amusement" #744


On 8/21/06, russgm at yahoo.com  wrote:
>
> what is meant by "reverse the main halyard" sorry for my ignorance.
> russ monaco
>
> Stan  wrote: Hi Koen,
>
> We use the windlass all the time to raise me to the top of the mast.  We
> attach a turning block to the pulpit.  Reverse the main halyard.  Use the
> spinnaker halyard for a safety and I'm at the top in seconds.  Has always
> worked great.
>
> Stan
> "Our Little Amusement" #744
>
>
> On 8/21/06, Koen Bennebroek  wrote:
> >
> > I finally got a bulb for our deck light half-way up the mast. Now I just
> > need to get it in. WM had a pocket bosun's chair on sale, so I ordered
> it.
> > Now the question becomes, how to get it up there? We have a spinaker
> halyard
> > that we can backup with the main halyard for safety (or vice-versa). Can
> we
> > use the anchor windlass for this? Or are there other preferred methods,
> like
> > routing it over the 2 jib winches? Is using 2 halyards enough safety or
> are
> > there other safety precautions to think of?
> >
> > Any advice is highly appreciated!
> >
> > Thanks, Koen
> > (BigCat, #224, 1995)
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Stan
> C320 "Our Little Amusement" #744
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Stan
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