Rigging Checks

[C08]

With H&S nowadays how does this work now. Does the boat have to be ashore and a cherry picker or crane used or do riggers still go up a mast to do an inspection via a halyard or two?

 

[chris-s]

Depends on the rigger and location.

 

[[70521]]

We have had riggers on-board a 30 metre boat in 25 knots of true wind. With them asking for us to over canvas and sail hard on the wind as they scuttled up a very tall mast.

 

[flaming]

With H&S nowadays how does this work now. Does the boat have to be ashore and a cherry picker or crane used or do riggers still go up a mast to do an inspection via a halyard or two?

Riggers still go aloft.

I have heard of one insisting on replacing the halyards he'd use at the owners cost before he did so though. To be fair they were supposedly original with the boat, and it was well over 20 years old.

 

[dunedin]

Riggers still go aloft.

I have heard of one insisting on replacing the halyards he'd use at the owners cost before he did so though. To be fair they were supposedly original with the boat, and it was well over 20 years old.

One rigger I used recently started by attaching his own rope to my main halyard and threading his rope through and using that to climb. Only added a couple of minutes to the process and meant he only climbed on his own known rope.

 

[Halo]

unless you’re Billy No Mates why not do it yourself? Pick a calm day and borrow a bosuns chair or similar.

 

[Stemar]

unless you’re Billy No Mates why not do it yourself? Pick a calm day and borrow a bosuns chair or similar.

I'm barely allowed to clean the gutters on our bungalow. If I wanted to go up the mast, Madame would have a fit.

TBH, I'm not entirely sorry...

 

[Boathook]

Someone asked me to go up his mast to check it. I declined as the haliard to be used was through a block rather than through the mast. The block was an unknown quality and there was no safety rope just in case.

 

[Stemar]

Someone asked me to go up his mast to check it. I declined as the haliard to be used was through a block rather than through the mast. The block was an unknown quality and there was no safety rope just in case.

That's one thing Jerry the Rigger used to insist on. Any rope he went up on had to go over the mast, even though he'd put his wellies on and clamber up between the mast and the shrouds

 

[PetiteFleur]

I no longer go up the mast, so last year I arranged for a cherry picker at SYH so I could replace the VHF aerial as it had disappeared the previous year. Much easier than climbing the mast. Last time I inspected the rigging for the insurance company, I had the boatyard take the mast down at layup - just as well as I discovered the babystay fitting needed repair.

 

[Snowgoose-1]

unless you’re Billy No Mates why not do it yourself? Pick a calm day and borrow a bosuns chair or similar.

Thanks mate. Are you free to go up mine ?
You can talk me through the process as you go up.
Any day next week is ok

 

[Halo]

Of course! Bring her up to Hartlepool any day next week (except Wednesday when I am babysitting!)

 

[Halo]

I'm barely allowed to clean the gutters on our bungalow. If I wanted to go up the mast, Madame would have a fit.

TBH, I'm not entirely sorry...

Just after I got blood pressure I had to wear a monitor for 24h. As it happened I went up the mast with the blood pressure monitor on. When I saw the doctor afterwards he gave me a wry smile and asked what I was doing around 2 in the afternoon?? I said” sorry to disappoint you doc I was up my mast not excercising it “