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Lightnup
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Initially Posted - 09/11/2005 :  22:32:36  Show Profile
About 3 weeks ago, I posted that I had foolishly yanked my roller-furling halyard end to the top of the mast and tied it off snugly... without the sail being connected to it. After an aborted attempt to send someone up in a bosun's chair, and many futile attempts at just shaking the forestay hoping gravity might take over, I was stymied.

However, this morning I decided to disconnect the mainsail halyard from the mainsail, bring it forward around the shrouds and then "whip" it against the top of the mast in the hopes it might knock the jib halyard loose. It took about 45 minutes but, sure enough, each time my whipping motion connected (and many times it did not), the thing dropped another 1/4 or 1/2 inch. My jib is back in place now and life is good. You can bet I'll never make that mistake again.

Steve
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GeorgeB
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Response Posted - 09/12/2005 :  17:10:57  Show Profile
Is persistence its own reward?
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jwilliams
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Response Posted - 09/12/2005 :  17:17:55  Show Profile
Hi Steve,

Welcome to the shackle-at-the-top club!

Most of us have done that at one time or another. I like your idea about snapping the other halyard to drop the shackle down a little at a time.

I am not so patient. I took my extendable ladder over and after carefully tying it to the shrouds, got up high enough to use a piece of pvc and a hook to snag the shackle down.

I like the idea of the top climber thingamabob that was in the recent Practical Sailor (8/15)to get up there. It is a little steep at $335, tho.

Jim Williams
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Lightnup
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Response Posted - 09/12/2005 :  20:08:29  Show Profile
$335.00! Are you sure you weren't reading Impractical Sailor?

Steve
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mwalkup
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Response Posted - 09/13/2005 :  16:55:56  Show Profile
"Impractical Sailor" Ha Ha Ha thats good, what a stitch..
No really thats funny!
Mike
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eric.werkowitz
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Response Posted - 09/13/2005 :  19:27:33  Show Profile
Well, if we were practical, would we own boats?
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jwilliams
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Response Posted - 09/13/2005 :  23:27:53  Show Profile
Impractical Sailor, yeah, I like it. $335 is very impractical for me right now after just coming back from three months in Denmark. I am worried about paying the slip fees!

Jim Williams
Hey Jude C25fk 2958
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