DSK wrote:


I always said the topping lift was better situated to lift a load.


And that's wrong. It's not a case for *always*. Did you ever realize
that the tension on the topping lift was greater than the weight, and
the forces on the mast were also multiples of the weight load?

Did you ever realize the shear and bending forces on the boom are far
higher if a vang were used to lift the weight? That the vang attachemnt
to the boom is not desined for compression?

Cheers