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lcharlot
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Initially Posted - 01/13/2005 : 08:41:58

I have an idea for a simple and inexpensive device to retrieve a halyard that's up at the masthead.

It's just a pole made of 3 sections of 10 foot long pVC pipe with a cap on the end. Drill a small hole through the cap. Run a loop of stiff wire through the hole, with a 30' length of parachute cord on the end to pull on. Reach up and snag the halyard with the wire loop, pull on the cord to tighten the loop, and voila, you have the halyard. I will try it out next weekend.

Larry Charlot
Catalina 25WK/TR Mk. IV #5857 "Quiet Time"
Folsom Lake, CA

"You might get there faster in a powerboat, but in a sailboat, you're already there"

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Charlie Vick
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Response Posted - 01/13/2005 : 08:54:09

Looks like a great idea!
Does this mean you lost your halyard up the mast
or are you going to on purpose to see if it works?

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Jeff McK
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Response Posted - 01/13/2005 : 09:02:05

Larry,

Neat design. I wish you had posted this a month ago! It would have saved me a trip in a bosuns chair.

I guess it could also be used to retrieve small floating things out of reach for a boathook. How stiff is that schedule 40 PVC you used? A 30 foot length of certain types would be like waving a big noodle.

Did you use external joints or internal sleeves to connect the sections?

Edited by - Jeff McK on 01/13/2005 10:02:21

aeckhart
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Response Posted - 01/13/2005 : 09:52:24

Larry,

Try using the grey PVC electrical conduit. It's a little stiffer than the water-type PVC. it looks more nautical too

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Al
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tinob
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Response Posted - 01/13/2005 : 10:06:26

Good idea Larry...the wet noodle problem could be controlled with the other halyard ...somehow fasten it to the top of the noodle and hoist...bringing the thirty feet of pipe down might become ungainly but manageable ...snaging dock mates or passing boats with the pipe a thing to anticipate and preclude.

Val on the hard DAGNABIT

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Oscar
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Response Posted - 01/13/2005 : 12:44:46

I like going up the mast....you can take cool pictures up there.....
In case anyone wonders I use an ATN topclimber.

Oscar
C42 # 76 "Lady Kay" (Ex. C250 WB #618 )
Georgetown MD/Fort Lauderdale FL

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lcharlot
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Response Posted - 01/14/2005 : 16:59:26

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Charlie Vick
 Looks like a great idea!
Does this mean you lost your halyard up the mast
or are you going to on purpose to see if it works?

<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

On the last Sunday of October, I decided that I probably wouldn't be using the boat again for the rest of the year and decided to put her in winter storage. While pulling down the sails, I lost the furler halyard, and it has been loose up at the masthead since then. I don't have a gin pole or mast crutch ready to use, so could not drop the mast to retrieve the halyard. I will try out the wire loop thingy tomorrow. I got the idea from those restraint pole devices that the County animal control people use to catch stray dogs that might be vicious or unpredictable.

Update: You need two people to make this work, one to manipulate the pole and do the actual snagging of the loose halyard, and one other person to stand off to one side with a pair of binoculars and guide the person on deck. Standing directly underneath at the base of the mast, you can't really see the halyard you are trying to snag, hence the need for the spotter with binoculars. Maybe someone with better eyesight and depth perception than myself could do it alone without the spotter...
Anyway, There was no one around to do the spotting yesterday so I will have to try it next weekend with the Admiral's help.

Edited by - lcharlot on 01/16/2005 10:59:48

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