The Navy Is Not for Anyone.....

Catfish · 01-17-23, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Rockstar

Great video. You’re a braver soul than I.

I lived on a sailboat with a mast height of only 63 feet above water. I hated going up that damn thing to change the anchor light bulb.

20 meters is a lot.. i already hated climbing to 12 m for this or uncurling some ropes.. not funny.

Imagine climbing the yards on the Libertad in a storm, swinging 10 or more meters left and right.. and the last feet close to the first nest you have to climb with the shrouds going outward

Yes, great video.

Platapus · 01-17-23, 05:18 PM

How high was that mast? 10,000 feet

Yikes!!

I can't imagine old time sailors climbing this in rough weather with no safety straps.

Rockstar · 01-18-23, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catfish

20 meters is a lot.. i already hated climbing to 12 m for this or uncurling some ropes.. not funny.

Imagine climbing the yards on the Libertad in a storm, swinging 10 or more meters left and right.. and the last feet close to the first nest you have to climb with the shrouds going outward

Yes, great video.

I’m scared to death of heights compounded by trust issues with anyone who was controlling the end of the rope hoisting me up to the top. Didn’t take long that I discovered what a ratchet block was and rigged a self raise & lower bosun chair. It was work getting up there but it helped with the anxiety.

August · 01-18-23, 05:53 PM

Eh you want a sense of height try climbing out on the wing of an aircraft in flight during a parachute jump.

August · 01-18-23, 05:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catfish

20 meters is a lot.. i already hated climbing to 12 m for this or uncurling some ropes.. not funny.

Imagine climbing the yards on the Libertad in a storm, swinging 10 or more meters left and right.. and the last feet close to the first nest you have to climb with the shrouds going outward

Yes, great video.

You can always go up through the Lubbers Hole and avoid that outward lean.

01-17-23, 05:18 PM	#2
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,386 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	How high was that mast? 10,000 feet Yikes!! I can't imagine old time sailors climbing this in rough weather with no safety straps. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

01-18-23, 05:53 PM	#4
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,217 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Eh you want a sense of height try climbing out on the wing of an aircraft in flight during a parachute jump. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.