Lauri Tarkkonen wrote:

If there is a topping lift in the mast, why not use this one to pull a
stronger hallyar/rope in the place of the topping lift and then go to
the top of the mast?

It's sheave isn't large enough to reave a sufficiently stronger line
(at least, if *I* am going take the chair at 150 lbs human live load,
and we have no 50 lb lad who is skilled). It's the first thing I
thought of.

ISTM a strategy is needed for rigging a line around the mainmast near
its top to shore, or other suitable means for safely inclining her
about 25 deg with minimal force for 1/2 hour or so, short of securing
massive deck ballast.

I'm sure this problem's been solved in a half-dozen ways for a few
thousand years...