Cum să te urci pe un catarg solo pe mare – Yachting Monthly

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1. Hi, not trying to be too critical here but the grigri really isn't designed to do what you dementrated here in that it's an "cam assisted blocking" belay and not a self-braking decender. Basicaly the diference is that if you want to go "hands off" and sit back on your decender as you demontrated you shouldn't be using the grigri as really you should have a hand on the brake end of the rope, the grigri isn't self locking just assisted braking.

   Have a look at the petzl Rig or I'D (there are multipe different self brakeing decenders so find one that fits your rope diamiter) as these are designed for this and will allow you to safely sit back on the desender. I'm sure 90% of the time you'll be fine with the grigri but (especaly if your solo) things don't always go to plan and added to this halyards not being nice climbing ropes that are kept nice and clean in a bag until there needed, any added bit of safety is probaly a good thing!

2. The halyards diameter on 40 ft boat is bigger than grigri allowed diameter. Better watch out.

3. Can't really comment on the setup, I have to try it out myself, but the video looks very informative. Great camera work and brilliant explanation. I am using a Topclimber as, I think, what it look likes in the video thumbnail.

4. I use exactly this setup (minus the extra purchase biner on the ascender, thanks for that). The only change I'd recommend is to get a pitch of static climbing line, tie that into the halyard and pull it to the top of the mast. Then climb on the climbing line not on the halyard. As you noticed with the stiff line, halyards aren't made for this and you don't really want the ascender teeth tearing into your halyard.

   When preparing to descend I tie a slip knot into the standing end so that should the grigri run while I'm messing with the ascender then the knot will catch in the grigri. When I'm ready to descend I slip the knot while holding the belay.

   Finally, when descending I would recommend putting your control hand near your waist and behind your back, not near the grigri as you did. A little extra friction of the line running over your hip makes control a bit easier and more importantly, your hand can get sucked into the grigri if it gets too close.

   Thanks for the video!

5. Did you check with anyone who knows about rope safety and the risks of hanging in a harness before putting this video up? My guess is your didn't! Let me go through 2 or 3 of the serious risks to life that you have totally ignored (probably through lack of any proper training).
   1. Climbing sit harnesses are designed for climbing and fall arrest not for prolonged support of body weight as happens when say sitting in one working on a mast. Using one in this way will reduce or cut blood supply to lower legs and can cause DEEP VEIN THROMBOSES!
   2. If one becomes inverted in a sit harness only it is possible to fall out of the harness. The addition of an improvised chest harness removes this risk, shame that was neither shown or mentioned (thus part or the reason for my comment about no proper training).
   3. No helmet or no mention of wearing a helmet! How to climb a mast solo at sea, should be renamed how to Kill yourself solo at sea! It can be taken as read that if one is climbing a mast at sea there is urgent need and the boat sill be pitching and rolling. What happens when you hit your UNPROTECTED HEAD on the mast? Is is not unreasonable to assume disorientation or unconsciousness. How does anyone think things are going to end?
   My advice. Remove this video and maybe have someone do a basic (level 1) IRATA industrial rope access course and learn about the OBJECTIVE HAZARDS of working at height on ropes before publishing a 'how to kill yourself through ignorance' video. Unless you feel confident that insurance will cover any claims that come your way. After all you are Yachting Monthly and would never publish unresearched safety advice or are you that confident in the abilities of your lawyers?

6. Fantastic demonstration.

7. You know it would be a lot easier with 2 ascenders. A descender isn't really meant to work that way. I mean it does but it's more effort

8. Curiously – The Channel "Hard is easy" made a video on how those BD Gridlock carabiners aren't great with Petzl's GriGri

9. It seems that setup has too many “single point of failure”s for me, two independent lines attached with good old prusik knots are better than this imho 🧿keep safe

10. This is the absolutely best video about how to do this! Thanks

11. A halyard isn’t very good as a safety line because it is designed to have no or as low as possible stretch. If you fall it will stop you, but you will probably break your back or pelvis. The energy of a body mass stopping abruptly is like hitting a concrete wall while riding a bike. Climbing lines do stretch for this reason. I use a climbing line specifically as a safety line, one end tied to the base of the mast. The middle of the line is hauled up the mast using a LFR, then tying the other end also at the base of the mast. This way there is always enough stretch available, even when you are at the top of the mast. If you fall, fall softly!

12. 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘮 ☺️

13. This could be a dangerous explanation, you are calling the rope you are on a halyard but it looks like you switched it for a dedicated climbing rope? that grigri takes a very specific rope diameter 8.5 to 11mm with the optimum diameter of 8.9 to 10.5, if you put a standard 8mm halyard on this it wont grip. I have a dedicated climbing line that i swap out with either the spinnaker topping lift or the foresail halyard depending on how far i need to go up the mast. My climbing line cost me 30 bux and is the proper rope for climbing and is 9.3mm, my halyards cost 3x that and it would be a shame to destroy the covers on climbing equipment. I have almost the exact same set up except i use a pully on the top of the ascender, it makes the pull much easier. Also for safety, tie a knot in your descending line before you take off your ascender, its called a catastrophe knot, then tie a prussik from the side of your harness to the descending line, then undo your catastrophe knot. Also loop the descending line around the top of the grigri and back through the carabineer. To descend you put one hand on the grigri lever and one hand on the prussik. The other thing i do it have a spare foot loop and wrap it around the mast and tie it off to my harness so i dont fall all over the place. You could also use a second prussik on a separate line, but i find it just gets in the way. My advice for people who have never done this is google srt climbing and learn from rock climbers and tree climbers, then adapt those techniques for mast climbing.

14. perfectly clear and understandable for an average English speaking French man. Thanks a lot.

15. I’ve been climbing mast solo for decade or two.
    I would advise a bosun chair and climbing harness on two separate lines. If you get caught up must alone on climbing harness alone, you will get blood circulation cut off and maybe gangrene. It has happened many times.
    Also, a safety line independent to the main halyard and a Prussik knot.
    There are better and smaller ascenders that allow access to masthead than the one demonstrated.
    Descent on gri gri using single line could easily end up in a permanent wheelchair.
    Use a friction descender instead without moving parts. That way you cannot panic grip the descender open and crash to deck.
    Practice many times and use utmost care.

16. Can’t understand what she is saying.

17. Ow here we go again. Sailors using climbing gear that is not designed to use this way. And for a very good reason! !!! Since this is shown as a 'how to video', I really urge you to remove it. So much is wrong or poorly explained or implemented and is dangerous. Simply said if you don't understand the physics involved or climbing safety don't use this video!!
    To name a few: A grigri is a half automatic belay device for a belayer that belays a climber that uses the rope only if he falls and not to climb with it. Therefore the belayers has to give out or to take in rope fast. Therefor the grigri has a 4kg force springloaded cam inside that stays open. Only when load is applied and there is enough friction on the other end of the rope the cam activates and pinches the rope. When you stand in the footloop, the cam releases. But also if you would stand for a rest on the spreaders. If you then hang back, expecting the grigri to grab, you might be in for a big surprise and drop 30cm to 3 meters surprise, Also way on to, pushing you up into the footloop to get above the masthead, the grigricam releases. This is why, rope acces climbers don't use sportclimbers grigri's but a ID's or Rig's (Sirius, sparrow etc) which can be locked off. And latest models have auto lock. They always climb with 1 climbing and one safetyline. Lines that are certified to climb on, have specific diameters to work smoothly in the gear used. And would't want the theeth and load on an ascender in my dyneema halyards. Dyneema that is static, and when taking a drop it is doubtful the prussic you show will hold. But for certain, with that length on a static line the shock load will be around 5 kN or 500kg. In which the heat in the knot will burn into you precious line. You're stuck, and then what? Next, use a pulley in the to ascender carabiner. Next you don't loosen and attach carabiners. the chance you drop then on to what or who? With the right method and gear like a rollclip all is kept together. Well to end positive. You did one thing very nice and good! you tied up your hair and no lose shirt. And not being one of many that get halfway stuck screaming.

18. Good vid – one of the better on the topics – but two comments that I think are important: firstly, she mentions it but dos not stress that you must use a second line as a safety line. Ascending on a single line as shown is very dangerous, running a prusik on a second halyard as safety makes it pretty safe. Secondly, I think the way she feeds the downline from the grigri up through the carib in order to gain purchase is quite dodgy: the grigri depends on some downward pressure to be assured it will lock; raising it like this is against the manufacturers advice and might risk a rapid descent.

19. Great and easy too

20. I have usually been the largest member of a crew. Great excuse to man a winch and not go up the mast. I have very rarely sailed solo and only for very short sails and have never had to go up the mast, fortunately.

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22. Attach a separate sling to your harness and loop it round the mast otherwise you'll be swinging all over the place at sea. also when you reach the top you can use it to attach to the mast as security back up.

23. Excellent video, thanks for sharing.

24. Super, 👍👍👍👍👍👍

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