Bob,
I'm a take it down, work on it, and put back up kind of guy. That said there are times when you have no choice but to go up. I went with a mast ladder. It requires that you can hoist it in the mainsail track but once you get started it fairly straight forward. I run a safety harness with it to a second halyard tailed to a winch and managed by someone who won't screw off. My brother went the ascender root after watch the easy at which they worked for the skipper on the next boat over. It turned out they didn't work well for him or me for that matter. I think it's something you want to try for yourself. I think he picked up a mast ladder before heading for Mexico. Just as a side note, when we lost a halyard to the top on Wing Tip one day I assembled a hook out of copper ground wire, PVC pipe, and duct tape from a local Home Depot and had her back down in no time. Phil Agur <http://www.catalina27.org/public_pages/profile270.htm> s/v Wing Tip Secretary, Call Sign WCW3485 IC27/270A MMSI 366901790 <http://www.catalina27.org> www.catalina27.org Vessel Doc# 1039809 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 6:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: catalina27-talk: recalled bosun's chair My bosuns chair was recalled through West Marine. They didn't have any others in stock at the time. So, suggestions on alternatives from others? What about ascenders (or whatever they're called)? Bob Mann
