This is the view the seagulls have just before they poop on your deck. The occasion is the annual inspection of Wanderlust's standing rigging. Photo credit goes to the admiral. Winching credit goes to yours truly, the tiny guy at the helm in the picture. Gary Wyngarden S/V Wanderlust H37.5
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Credit to Catherine
There aren't many admirals in the fleet that will take a trip up the mast! Great photo -
There aren't many admirals in the fleet that will take a trip up the mast! Great photo -
Always a fun Chore!
I can't till my son is old enough to hoist up there for the annual inspection!
I can't till my son is old enough to hoist up there for the annual inspection!
I am not that sick, really.....
Following are some of the 540 phobias that I have: Ablutophobia- Fear of washing or bathing. Acarophobia- Fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching. Acerophobia- Fear of sourness. Achluophobia- Fear of darkness. Acousticophobia- Fear of noise. Acrophobia- Fear of heights. Aerophobia- Fear of drafts, air swallowing, or airbourne noxious substances. Aeroacrophobia- Fear of open high places. Aeronausiphobia- Fear of vomiting secondary to airsickness. Agateophobia- Fear of insanity. Agliophobia- Fear of pain. Agoraphobia- Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets. Fear of leaving a safe place. Agraphobia- Fear of sexual abuse. Agrizoophobia- Fear of wild animals. Agyrophobia- Fear of streets or crossing the street. Aichmophobia- Fear of needles or pointed objects. Ailurophobia- Fear of cats. Albuminurophobia- Fear of kidney disease. Alektorophobia- Fear of chickens. Algophobia- Fear of pain. Alliumphobia- Fear of garlic. Allodoxaphobia- Fear of opinions. Altophobia- Fear of heights. Amathophobia- Fear of dust. Amaxophobia- Fear of riding in a car. Ambulophobia- Fear of walking. Amnesiphobia- Fear of amnesia........... There is no way I'm going up Tula's mast after seeing your picture Gary. I have enough phobias as it is and I do not want to contract Tulamastphobia as well. I'll send some gnome up there in future. Great pic.
Following are some of the 540 phobias that I have: Ablutophobia- Fear of washing or bathing. Acarophobia- Fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching. Acerophobia- Fear of sourness. Achluophobia- Fear of darkness. Acousticophobia- Fear of noise. Acrophobia- Fear of heights. Aerophobia- Fear of drafts, air swallowing, or airbourne noxious substances. Aeroacrophobia- Fear of open high places. Aeronausiphobia- Fear of vomiting secondary to airsickness. Agateophobia- Fear of insanity. Agliophobia- Fear of pain. Agoraphobia- Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets. Fear of leaving a safe place. Agraphobia- Fear of sexual abuse. Agrizoophobia- Fear of wild animals. Agyrophobia- Fear of streets or crossing the street. Aichmophobia- Fear of needles or pointed objects. Ailurophobia- Fear of cats. Albuminurophobia- Fear of kidney disease. Alektorophobia- Fear of chickens. Algophobia- Fear of pain. Alliumphobia- Fear of garlic. Allodoxaphobia- Fear of opinions. Altophobia- Fear of heights. Amathophobia- Fear of dust. Amaxophobia- Fear of riding in a car. Ambulophobia- Fear of walking. Amnesiphobia- Fear of amnesia........... There is no way I'm going up Tula's mast after seeing your picture Gary. I have enough phobias as it is and I do not want to contract Tulamastphobia as well. I'll send some gnome up there in future. Great pic.
Dan
If you go to the ask the author menu and the article on Desolation Sound, there are a number of pix of Catherine. Gary Wyngarden S/V Wanderlust H37.5
If you go to the ask the author menu and the article on Desolation Sound, there are a number of pix of Catherine. Gary Wyngarden S/V Wanderlust H37.5
David
David, we use a bosuns chair with both the main and spinnaker halyards attached to it. I haul Catherine up a few feet with the main halyard and then tighten the spinnaker halyard. We also use the tether from our harnesses to keep her attached to the rigging to limit swinging. Hope you enjoy your visit here this summer. We were just in your lovely islands (Sidney Spit,Winter Cove, Ganges)over the US Memorial Day weekend as a shakedown cruise for us. Gary Wyngarden S/V Wanderlust H37.5
David, we use a bosuns chair with both the main and spinnaker halyards attached to it. I haul Catherine up a few feet with the main halyard and then tighten the spinnaker halyard. We also use the tether from our harnesses to keep her attached to the rigging to limit swinging. Hope you enjoy your visit here this summer. We were just in your lovely islands (Sidney Spit,Winter Cove, Ganges)over the US Memorial Day weekend as a shakedown cruise for us. Gary Wyngarden S/V Wanderlust H37.5
Use a climbing harness for going up the mast
As a rock climber, I have more faith in a proper climbing harness - it fits snuggly around each leg, and your waist - than in a bosun's chair. Because of how it fits, you can move around a lot without any fear of falling out/off of it. To help the wincher, you can actively "climb" the mast by pulling down on part of the halyard that is being winched to pull you up. You get up the mast a lot faster and your winch grinder's more likely to buy the beer afterwards! For safety, you can keep an extra halyard cleated off at the deck and winched tight. Then run a small rope from your harness to a prussic knot that you slide up this 2nd halyard as you move up. If the main halyard failed, the purssic would tighten around the 2nd one and arrest any fall.
As a rock climber, I have more faith in a proper climbing harness - it fits snuggly around each leg, and your waist - than in a bosun's chair. Because of how it fits, you can move around a lot without any fear of falling out/off of it. To help the wincher, you can actively "climb" the mast by pulling down on part of the halyard that is being winched to pull you up. You get up the mast a lot faster and your winch grinder's more likely to buy the beer afterwards! For safety, you can keep an extra halyard cleated off at the deck and winched tight. Then run a small rope from your harness to a prussic knot that you slide up this 2nd halyard as you move up. If the main halyard failed, the purssic would tighten around the 2nd one and arrest any fall.
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