Geoff, Peter and Nigel met up Saturday morning to repair the broken spinnaker shackle which involved hoisting one of us up to the top of the mast in the bosun’s chair.
First tried hoisting up Geoff. Used the Main halyard on the bosun’s chair and the Genoa halyard as a safety line on the harness. Peter and Nigel found it too difficult to hoist Geoff up. Then we tried hoisting Nigel up (70 kg vs 83 kg) and together with Nigel helping with self hauling managed to get him up to the top.
Found that the shackle had broken off completely. Bought a replacement at Bartons and Nigel went up again and all fixed.
Many thanks to Nigel and Peter for assisting with this job which is definitely a 3-man procedure.
Bosun’s Chair Up The Mast to Replace Spinnaker Shackle- Oct 2015
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