Recently, my furler swivel got inadvertently hoisted to the masthead (sans sail). Used a simple technique to retrieve it with having to go aloft.
Fortunately, Touche's spinnaker halyard blocks are above the fore stay. See: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_sb5TfIENvseTdEWEFuYjlMVFU I clipped the middle of a long line in a spin halyard snap shackle, put one end of the line over the fore stay and hoisted the line. The shackle passed above the swivel, leaving an end of the line on either side of the swivel. I grabbed the two ends and simply pulled the swivel down. If your wing halyards aren't above the forestay, it would probably be possible to use this technique and flip one end of the line over the swivel once it's hoisted. Saves a trip up the mast. Dennis C.
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