[C320-list] raising a bosun's chair

[Bill Culbertson]

Stan,
 
I may be reading this wrong, but it sounded like you rethreaded the halyard through the turning block at the base of the mast.  When I do this, I just spin that block on its attachment to the mast base so that it feeds forward instead of aft.  The only rethreading I do is to remove the tail from the sheet stopper and lead it forward.
 
The time I usually do this is with the jib halyard if I'm bending on the jib in the spring by myself.
 
 -bill

----- Original Message ----
From: Stan <ola7442000 at gmail.com>
To: C320-List <c320-list at catalina320.com>
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 9:39:26 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] raising a bosun's chair


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 <russgm at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> what is meant by "reverse the main halyard" sorry for my ignorance.
> russ monaco
>
> Stan <ola7442000 at gmail.com> 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)
> >
>
>
>
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> Stan
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Stan
C320 "Our Little Amusement" #744
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