I'm
thinking that a similar loop at the base of the mast might be a good =
idea.

Run a jackline...it's about the safest method there is and it keeps you =
centered...I have attached to the mast in the past on the spinnaker ring =
but there's not enough harness line to get up to the bow pulpit.

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