[Alberg30] Anyone own a Mast Mate?

[Alfredo]

In the last couple of weeks I've used a Top Climber twice. It worked as
advertised.
If I could afford it I would probably buy one. In the meantime I'll
keep bugging Brian to let me borrow it.


Alfredo


--- Dave Terrell <DTERRELL at message.nmc.edu> wrote:
> One might also consider the top climber. It is definitely not cheap,
> but
> it looks like it does not require conditioning to use it effectively.
> The ads show a distinctly out of shape older guy using it with
> apparent
> ease. For what it's worth, Ellen Mac Arthur used it when she was
> sailing
> alone. I am looking at this  one. Comments would be appreciated.
> 
> >>> richard.hazlegrove at wachovia.com 05/16/03 10:53AM >>>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> A couple of additional thoughts.  I like the product and use in
> conjunction
> with the safety harness that they also sell.  It has one strap that
> tightly
> wraps around your waist and another larger strap that is used like a
> telephone lineman strap that goes around the mast.   This allows you
> to
> work with both hands and has storage space for tools etc.  It also
> has
> a
> large ring attachment point for the larger strap that can also be
> used
> for
> a second safety tether.
> 
> You can either have an assistant on deck maintain some slack on an
> extra
> halyard as you go up or down or alternativey if you want to be self
> sufficient a small cam device can be used.  I seem to recall that I
> purchased this from the same company specifically for this purpose
> but
> it's
> probably a common climbing device.  It is attached around an extra
> halyard
> that is tensioned.  It has a short strap that clips to your safety
> harness
> ring.  The cam allows it to follow you up the mast as long as upward
> tension is on the strap.  Any downward tension on the strap locks the
> cam
> and will prevent any further downward motion.  When you decend you
> simply
> lift up where the strap attaches to the cam and slide it down as you
> go.
> Sounds more complicated than it is.  I like having a redundant
> attachment
> in case the primary halyard fails or you slip off the ladder.
> 
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