OK. It finally happened in a big blow...but after the race. My main halyard went flying up to the mast crane. The good news is that it has a soft shackle that was closed, so it's clearly visible and the entire halyard has not slipped down into the mast.
My thoughts are to go up the jib halyard in a climber's bosun chair and then use an 11' boat hook with a section of a clothes hanger taped to the end of the boat hook. I've bent a small hook into the end of the clothes hanger. My hope is to use the hook to catch the loop of the soft shackle.
Anyone else solved this problem in some way?
Bob Rude
#357
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