[Rhodes22-list] Bosun's Chair

[Rik Sandberg]

John,

All this talk of bosun's chairs has raised an interesting thought. IIRC 
the R-22 has about 700 lbs of ballast a couple feet below the waterline. 
The mast sticks up about 30 feet above the waterline. Might want to take 
into consideration what your weight on the end of a 30 foot lever is 
going to do to the center of gravity????

You just might find yourself back down at dock level whether you wanted 
to be or not.

Rik

John Lock wrote:
> At 01:45 PM 8/9/2007 -0700, David Bradley wrote:
>   
>> Has anyone tried using a bosun's chair on our boat?  With IMF the absence of
>> halyards presents an obvious challenge.  The topping lift line seems a bit
>> light and I'm not sure the sheave would be rated for that kind of weight.
>> Any experiences?
>>     
>
> Not yet... but soon.  I just bought one to go up and replace my 
> windex, drive off the spider population, and considering installing a 
> masthead light.  And just because I think it may be useful in the 
> future, since I keep my boat in the water and lowering the mast will 
> happen infrequently.
>
> I have a non-IMF mast, so my first attempt will be to have someone 
> haul me up on the main halyard using a winch.  I'll carry along a 
> safety line, which I'll clip and unclip, as I go up in case of any 
> problems.  I definitely would not attempt it with the topping 
> lift.  Besides the line being too light, I am fairly certain that my 
> masthead would not bear the weight without damage.  My topping lift 
> sheave is mounted out on an extension that isn't meant to be load bearing.
>
> If that doesn't work, I will have to consider ascenders as the 
> alternative and haul myself up there.  That's a lot of extra expense 
> for something used rarely, but that pretty much defines boat ownership ;-)
>
> Cheers!
>
> John Lock
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> Lake Sinclair, GA
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