It's also possible to go up the mast after a halyard, even on a small
boat. I went up the Lightning mast... while sailing to windward...

Martin Baxter wrote:
Hmmm,... musta had some pretty good rail meat?


Comes under the heading of "Stupid Boat Tricks" but at least I got the
damn spinnaker halyard back. Fortunately it was only wrapped around
the spreader, if it had gone all the way up, we would probably have
had to capsize the boat & swim for it, or else just give it up for the
day.

One fairly experienced crew (who was goggle-eyed throughout the
procedure) and one total newbie. Experienced crew steered, giving
priority to keep ing the boat under me... he said it was kind of like
driving a bicycle... the newbie's comment was "gee, sailing is more
exciting than I thought."

DSK