Hi Dave

I've got the ATN set, and use it with a climbing harness.  I find it is 
excellent for going up the mast but painfully slow getting down, so I use a 
hybrid approach.  I attach a line to my harness (tied, not clipped), which is 
used as a safety line on the way up.  Once I'm done up there I will descend 
enough to put the load on the safety line and I disconnect the ATN, my wife can 
then lower me down easily.  The compromise is that I don't have a safety line 
on my descent, but I'm willing to live with that.

I don't use a strap around the mast, I've never found that to be a problem.

Graham Collins
Secret Plans
C&C 35-III #11

On 2019-04-10 2:42 p.m., David Knecht via CnC-List wrote:
I picked up a used Mastclimber on Ebay this winter.  I have not used it yet, 
but am thinking ahead so I am ready when I need it.  When I went up the mast a 
few years ago with an expert’s equipment and help, I was pulled up on a halyard 
and the main winch.  I had a strap around the mast to keep me from swinging out 
away from the mast in waves.  The ATN device allows you to climb a fixed 
halyard so should have less tendency for swinging.  I am wondering if I should 
still have a safety strap around the mast, but if so,  it must be something 
that is easily attached and detached to get above spreaders.  Do the expert 
climbers in the group think that safety is necessary, and if so, what device do 
I want?  Line with carabiners on each end or something else?  Thanks- Dave

S/V Aries
1990 C&C 34+
New London, CT

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