SINGLEHANDED: CLIMB THE MAST -- FIRST TIMER TUTORIAL

This is a tutorial for first-timers on how to climb the mast singlehanded using a GriGri, an ascender and a mechanical prussik for a back up. My daughter Stephanie is the pupil in this tutorial and, while only her second time doing it, does a great job showing us how to climb the mast singlehanded in relative safety.

[@respecttherisk2022]

Great questions. My halyards goes through and over the top of the mast so are quite solid. Sheaves or pulleys would be less strong. I am using a spinnaker halyard already up there. You could take the jib down and use the jib halyard as well. An alternate option is to place a prussik around the mast and slide it up as you go as a back up if you don't have two halyards. Actually, you want to have two prusiks so you are still protected when you pass the spreaders. (You have to take prussik off to pass the spreaders.) Here is a video I made a few years ago showing how to climb the mast with NO halyards running to the top of the mast. The same concept can be used to back up a single halyard czcams.com/video/b2VcrDDoxAk/video.html

[@charles.neuman18]

Interesting. I was wondering how one would go about that.
The spare halyard -- is that already there on most boats, or would you have to plan ahead for that?
Also, how well can you trust the sheaves at the top of the mast? I'm guessing if they failed there's no way they could release the halyards completely, but I thought I'd ask.