Sunday, May 19, 2013

To the top!

I've had lots of trips up masts this spring, since I have a climbing harness, and have fun doing it.  Generally the trip up is quick - just to remove the mast crane strap from the mast, when it is attached above the spreaders.  This trip, though, was to attach the topping lift on Sea Sharp's mast - a Nonsuch, with an unstayed mast.  It was my first time to the top of a mast, and this one was quite wobbly.  I managed the job without dropping any of the bits, and enjoyed a great view.