[C320-list] raising a bosun's chair

[Bill Culbertson]

Thanks for confirming, Stan.  
 
 -bill
 "Harmony" #859


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From: Stan <ola7442000 at gmail.com>
To: Bill Culbertson <billculb_a2 at yahoo.com>; C320-List <c320-list at catalina320.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 7:31:22 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] raising a bosun's chair


Hi Bill,
I turn the block at the bottom of the mast also. (Reverse it).  Sometimes I
have a problem typing what I'm thinking.  Also, the bow roller is too low to
use for a turning block.

Stan
"our Little Amusement" #744


On 8/22/06, Bill Culbertson <billculb_a2 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> 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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