On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:31:03 -0000, Skip Gundlach
wrote:

The upper jaw on my spinnaker pole has yet to yield to the PBBlaster,
however, and the heat and minor impacts I've laid on it. Until I get
if freed, I can't take the slider off to the chandlery to attempt a
match for the now-gone nylon edge sliders missing.

Block and tackle led to a winch? Using strong attachment points of
course.