[Alberg30] Anyone own a Mast Mate?

[Bill Blevins]

I bought the mast mate and will let you know how it works later in the 
week.

Bill Blevins
"Sabrina" #158

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On Saturday, May 17, 2003, at 08:04 PM, R.C. Alley wrote:

> Ok, girls: here is how you go up a mast by your lonesome anywhere, 
> anytime.
> You need:
> 1 pr mechanical ascenders
> 1 bosun's chair
> 2 carbiniers
> 2 halyards of proper size
> Any other halyard
> 1 -2 ft length 5/16 line
> 1 shackle
> 1- 6 ft length of 1/2 inch line
>
> Mechanical ascenders are used by climbers to attach to lines when
> rock/mountain climbing.  If you don't understand their operation, go 
> to any
> web site that sells them--they will be explained.
>
> Proceed as follows:
> 1. Attach 1 ascender to bosun's chair w/ 1 carbinier
> 2. Make a pair of foot loops out of your 6 foot length of 1/2 inch 
> line and
> attach to the other ascender w/ carbinier
> 3  Pass your 5/16ths line through the becket in your shackle and knot.
> 4. Attach shackle to bosun's chair
> 5. Cleat all halyards TIGHT.
> 6. Attach mechanical ascender on the chair on the first halyard and 
> sit down
> in the chair.
> 7. Attach mechanical ascender on the foot loops on the second halyard
> 8. Stand up in the loops.
> 9. Slide the mechanical ascender for the chair up, and sit down in the
> chair.
> 10. Slide the foot loops up, and stand in the loops.
> 11. Slide the mechanical ascender attached to the chair up, and sit 
> down in
> the chair
> 12. Repeat, (7,8,9,10,11) ETC, up the mast.
> 13. Descent is the opposite of ascent, for some strange reason.
> The line with the shackle is optional--it is a safety line. Attached 
> to the
> chair by the shackle and to a spare halyard with a prussic knot, it 
> will
> slide up or down the halyard (or any other line) as long as it is not 
> under
> load. When loaded (ie., something else failed) it will hold fast.
>
> The art of traversing a halyard by means of mechanical ascenders is
> remembering VERY CAREFULLY where you are and what you are doing.  I 
> have
> been up my mast many times in this manner--even once under way(which 
> was not
> really necessary--I just wanted to see how difficult it was. It was
> difficult--the motion of a mast under way, even at the spreaders, must 
> be
> experienced to be fully understood).
>
> The benefit of this is that mechanical ascenders weigh a couple ounces 
> and
> take up a space about 3x6x1 inch each.  I already had a chair and line 
> and a
> spare shackle.
>
> There is only one thing really important to remember--you are trusting 
> your
> life to your halyards.
>
> Rob
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Blevins" <billblevins at mac.com>
> To: <public-list at alberg30.org>
> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 6:55 AM
> Subject: [Alberg30] Anyone own a Mast Mate?
>
>
>> Does anyone own or have experience with this product? I'm considering
> buying one already (I just put the mast up 2 weeks ago and I already 
> need to
> go aloft!) One person recommended it to me but I've never seen it in 
> person.
> Expensive, but there is no way that Tracy could winch me up in a 
> bosun's
> chair. http://mastmate.com/
>>
>> Bill Blevins
>> "Sabrina" #158
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