[C320-list] Halyard up the mast

[John Meyers]

I used that grappling hook technique a couple years ago. I taped 6 bent
coat hanger wires in a circle to look like a grappling hook on the topping
lift line and after two tries I was able to hook the main sheet shackle and
haul it down. The topping lift line was a tied to be a loop. It saved a
trip up there.

John Meyers
Wind Chime 406
Muskegon MI



On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 5:13 PM, Warren Updike <wupdike at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Somewhere at some time I saw a demonstration of halyard retrieval that went
> like this: using a second halyard with a bent coat hanger attached along
> with a messenger line, haul the second halyard up the mast and using the
> messenger to guide the halyard, and someone nearby with binocs helping,
> maneuver the coat hanger to the other halyard.  Once attached, use the
> messenger to haul both down.  The bend in the coat hanger will depend on
> the
> intended strategy: grab the shackle or snag the halyard above the knot, or
> other approach.
> It could  work.
>
> Warren & Pattie Updike
> 1994 C320 #62 "Warr De Mar"
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> I ran my halyard ran up the mast . Any ideas besides. a boatswain chair?
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