[C320-list] Raising the Bosun's chair

[crashley at gte.net]

One comment on using the bow roller. Would think that it designed for forces 
coming from the other direction, like those that an anchor would create. 
There is probably plenty of design margin for reversing the direction of 
force but maybe it's worth thinking about. It would make for a nasty 
surprise to have the bow roller bracket pop off while you're dangling 40 
feet above the deck!

CRA
Rosebus #882


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "MICHAEL COLE" <miodio at bigpond.com>
To: "C320" <C320-List at catalina320.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 7:55 PM
Subject: [C320-list] Raising the Bosun's chair


Koen--at the risk of being repetitive the bow roller works perfectly well. 
We turn the main halyard block at the foot of the mast and run the halyard 
on the underside of the bow roller and back to the windlass .  The rest of 
the procedure is as you advocate as there is always two of us involved.
 Whether we would bother with a safety line in future I'm not sure as I've 
just replaced my main halyard here in Sydney with an 8mm super braid with 
anSK75 Dyneema core  the rope having a 6083lb breaking strain. I realise 
this is a gross overkill but it has virtually no stretch and the boat does 
spend most of it's life club racing
    Mike Cole   #421 Mio Dio