MastaClimba demo at SIBS

[nigelmercier]

I recently bought a MastaClimba from Graham Wright on this forum. Being nervous of heights, I wanted to try it in a stable environment, so I visited his stand at SIBS: stand J40, facing the Kelvin Hughes stand.

Graham is a charming gentleman, and helped me into a Boatswain's Chair fitted to a halyard, then explained what to do. Pretty simple really: you hold the mast, stand up on his very sturdy device (fitted over a fixed 12mm line), the crew takes up the slack on the chair halyard, sit down in the chair and slide the device up. Repeat.

I was up the top of the truncated mast in no time, my 18m mast would be a doddle. I felt very safe, and I have been known to get dizzy on a thick-pile carpet

The MastaClimba is very well made, perhaps even a little over-engineered - but this is very a good thing to know at the top of a mast.

http://www.mastaclimba.com/

 

[robmcg]

Yep! Had my eye on one for a while and finally bought one yesterday. No excuse for not changing the bulbs on the mast now.

Rob

 

[slipknot]

I saw it too and it was quite impressive. I didn't get to ask the cost though. How much is it?

 

[robmcg]

I saw it too and it was quite impressive. I didn't get to ask the cost though. How much is it?

£195 inc VAT and about a fiver to post it to you!

 

[Georgio]

I recently bought a MastaClimba from Graham Wright on this forum. Being nervous of heights, I wanted to try it in a stable environment, so I visited his stand at SIBS: stand J40, facing the Kelvin Hughes stand.

Graham is a charming gentleman, and helped me into a Boatswain's Chair fitted to a halyard, then explained what to do. Pretty simple really: you hold the mast, stand up on his very sturdy device (fitted over a fixed 12mm line), the crew takes up the slack on the chair halyard, sit down in the chair and slide the device up. Repeat.

I was up the top of the truncated mast in no time, my 18m mast would be a doddle. I felt very safe, and I have been known to get dizzy on a thick-pile carpet

The MastaClimba is very well made, perhaps even a little over-engineered - but this is very a good thing to know at the top of a mast.

http://www.mastaclimba.com/

Thanks Nigel, it's one of the stands I hope to visit, I want to see how easy it would be to use single-handed in conjunction with an ascendeur (or similar).

 

[LadyInBed]

Works like this one:

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[nigelmercier]

Thanks Nigel, it's one of the stands I hope to visit, I want to see how easy it would be to use single-handed in conjunction with an ascendeur (or similar).

Graham said the only person he has had who couldn't do a single-handed ascent was someone who was literally single handed - one arm!

Works like this one:

In principle perhaps, but the mechanism allows the rope to run freely when the foot-rests are lifted. It is also considerably more sturdy, quite important when you weigh 115kg.