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In Response To: At the dinghy dock I saw a girl getting hoisted to the masthead with no safety halyard. 
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() Last time up I used a fixed halyard and rock climbing gear - sit harness, foot straps, and Petzl ascenders. Folks using winches to go aloft make me nervous - trusting their lives to someone with little training in what they're doing and no understanding of the consequences of a mistake.
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- At the dinghy dock I saw a girl getting hoisted to the masthead with no safety halyard.
- I always use two lines...
- That would give me some worry too
- Yeow is all I can say.
- I always use 2 halyards
- Two halyards plus a lanyard
- I just use a single halyard and the electric self tailing winch...
- Last time up..
- Good to hear i'm not alone. I can still see that winch creaking, imagining the screws in the 1/8" thick mast.
- I guess we're all older and smarter now . . .
- Brion Toss described the sound of the body hitting the deck
- When someones going up the mast
- Up the mast.....