What to do with the topping lift?

[smokey73]

I recently installed a rigid vang but still have the topping lift attached. The topping lift will need to be replaced if I decide to keep it. It is currently line/wire but if I replace it I would use it as a "spare halyard." . If you have installed a rigid boom vang and kept your topping lift, where/how to secure it?

Thanks in advance

 

[dlochner]

Most people who have a rigid vang, use the main halyard as a topping lift when not sailing. It also solves the halyard slapping problem.

 

[jssailem]

I secure my lift at the starboard shroud or at the mast depending on wind and banging, when not in use.

I find it helpful as an emergency halyard, a lifting line, a support line of using the boom to crane a heavy weight on board. I have suspended tarps and play craft (dinghy or kayak) form the topping lift to get the thing aboard. A useful tool when available.