Neil, This is exactly, how I do it (with an exception that I don’t use bosun’s chair, but a climbing harness). If you really want to experiment with optimisation, make the foot loops very short, so that you don’t need to move the ascender by hand, but it would move with the feet. You could “caterpillar” your way up very quickly (this is what the caving people do, when they ascend from deep caves).
Brain, I still believe that you need 2 ascenders if you have help and three for solo work. What if your gri-gri halyard fails? Suddenly your only hope is that you catch the line on which you are standing. When you are mountain climbing, you often rely on a single point for safety (single line, single belay point etc.), but you never do it when you do work (even if it is hobby work, like climbing the mast). Marek 1994 C270 Legato Ottawa, ON From: Neil Gallagher via CnC-List Sent: Monday, November 5, 2018 23:19 To: Brian Fry via CnC-List Cc: Neil Gallagher Subject: Re: Stus-List Climbing the mast My version of this is to use two ascenders on a tight line, one with two foot loops attached, and the other attached to a bosun's chair. I also have a halyard attached directly to the bosun's chair. While my wife keeps tension on the halyard, I alternately step up using one hand and two feet, then slide the other ascender w/chair up, and then back to the foot loops, and repeat. That way I do most of the climbing work but have the comfort of the chair, with the safety of the second halyard. Neil Gallagher Weatherly 35-1 Glen Cove, NY On 11/5/2018 10:57 PM, Brian Fry via CnC-List wrote: I use rock climbing gear. An ascender with webbing loops attached , and a self belay gri gri on my harness. I use 2 different halyards. I can get up my 37/40 fairly quickly, reach the spreader tips, and stand in the loops to do work on equipment at the top. S/V La Neige 1993 C&C 37/40 XL Havre de Grace , MD FB blog : thenext14years Brian and Manon _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paypal.me%2Fstumurray&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cd36cd60e22934d70095408d6439efc69%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636770747442147381&sdata=PXVdFi1Yu91QFq4XWKrTDVuPq5a3LZUZuwPBEUluCtY%3D&reserved=0>
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