Done that! A "friend" winched me up the mast of his Tanzer 31 moored in Baddeck on a hot sunny day to check his VHF antenna. It was fried and he went ashore to see if he could get a replacement.
I stayed up the mast waving around in the breeze and wakes until he came back. Two hours or so later after a trip into Sydney. Grrr.. Bosun's chairs are not made for continuous duty. Nor am I. He still owes me. Rich K On 2012-09-13, at 9:45, Graham Collins <cnclistforw...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Or they could haul you up the mast and leave you there while they drink the > beer... > > Graham Collins > Secret Plans > C&C 35-III #11 > > > Edd Schillay wrote: >> To: The Listers attending the C&C Rendezvous >> >> Earlier this season, I purchased the Tacktick Wireless system for wind, >> speed and depth -- and they work great. Problem is, I haven't had an >> opportunity to go up the mast and install the wind instrument -- Either been >> too windy or too wavy or not enough time when the crew has been aboard. >> >> Could I enlist the help of a couple of Listers to winch me up the mast on a >> couple of spinnaker halyards on the Saturday in Mystic? >> >> Plenty of beer on board as a reward, but you'll have to let me back down >> first. . . . >> >> All the best, >> >> Edd >> >> >> Edd M. Schillay >> Starship Enterprise >> C&C 37/40+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B >> City Island, NY >> Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log Website <http://ncc1701a.blogspot.com/> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
