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Aloft Gear
The result is a harness that is the top pick for professionals, amateurs, and not incidentally Practical Sailor magazine. When you go aloft, go aloft with us.Although I carry basic gear on harness – knife, spike, carabiners, soft shackles, etc. – working aloft typically involves a variety of tools and materials. In olden days I would send a rigging bucket aloft, but that is awkward and bulky, and small items tended to get lost in the bottom of the bucket. So I adapted an old fishing vest, and now I never go aloft without it. There is a pocket for a compact ratcheting screwdriver, and every possible bit, a pocket for our Rigger’s Pliers, Tef-Gel, Rigger’s Tape, caliper gauge, LocTite, One-Drop, tape measure, and lots of other tools and supplies, all easy to find and use. I put a Gear Keeper on anything that could do damage if it landed on someone, just as I would with a rigging bucket. But unlike the bucket, the vest lanyards are widely scattered, so the don’t get tangled with one another. I still keep a rigging bucket handy, for particularly large/complex jobs, but the vest is our most valuable aloft accessory. Our harnesses are very heavily-padded mountaineer-style harness that we've designed for the demands of yacht rigging.
Gear Keeper Retractor with Snap Clip"This ingenious device is attached to all of our rigging vests as lanyards to just about anything! It has an impact-resistant plastic case
Your crew will appreciate that you have thought of them. We love these and use them all the time!" This one snaps on.
Riggers Caribiner
The triple locking pear-shaped carabiner is a must-have item on any cruising vessel. Combined with the carabiner hitch, detailed in Chapman’s Guide to Knots (written by Brion), it is a life saving item when working aloft. These jaws open wider than most and with a little practice you can open it easily with one hand. The carabiner is manufactured by Petzl, is individually tested, and comes with a three year guarantee.
Aloft - Bosun's Harness - MediumThis is a very heavily-padded mountaineer-style harness that we've designed for the demands of yacht rigging. More comfortable, and for longer, than any other harness or chair that we've tried. Imagine a climbing harness that lets you get higher on the mast, is impossible to fall out of, and allows utter freedom of movement. Imagine further that it has a built-in tether, 3 halyard attachment points, two loops for hanging extra gear from, and a large multi-pocket pouch, the Rigger's Tool Pouch, for cotter pins, small tools, tape and other incidentals. Brion Toss' dvd "Going Aloft" and harness instructions for suggested use and care included. Medium fits adults 28-42 inches (Measure just above hip bones). Small fits smaller folks - 24-30 inch waist. We do not make Large.
… We do not recommend anyone larger than "Medium" using our harness without a chest harness in addition. (It is a center of gravity issue). And, we do not make a chest harness.
Gear Keeper Retractors with Pin Mount
This Gear Keeper has a VERY strong pin mount.
Aloft - Bosun's Tool PouchThe same tool pouch we include with our Bosun's AND Cruiser's Harness. This handy little bag works wonderfully for working aloft or any time your working with small parts or tools too important to lose over the rail.
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DVD - Going Aloft"People tend to be either nonchalant about working aloft, or terrified of it. This dvd lays down safety procedures - some obvious - once stated, some subtle - to make leaving the deck a safer, easier exercise. Topics include: See the 3- and 4-Set dvd Specials for SUPER SAVINGS!"
Book - The Complete Rigger's Apprentice by Brion TossTools and Techniques for Modern and Traditional Rigging
A Review of The Riggers Apprentice ...Combining and updating the renowned Rigger's Apprentice and Rigger's Locker, The Riggers Apprentice meets the changing face of modern materials and technology while remaining true to rigging's best traditional principles and practices. It's much more than a knot book, though the knots a sailor needs are all here. The Complete Riggers Apprentice is a book for sailors who want the satisfaction and hard-cash savings of stepping their own masts, inspecting and maintaining their own rigs, and turning up their own tailsplices and wire eyesplices. It is for boat owners who want to replace an entire gang of rigging themselves--measuring, choosing appropriate wire, making soft eyes, leathering, and serving. It is for bluewater voyagers who want to feel secure in the knowledge that, should a shroud carry away far at sea, they will be able to repair it. The Complete Rigger's Apprentice is also a free-roaming collection of useful ideas and tips on everything from supplementing winches with block and tackle, to rigging snubbers at anchor, to using pantyhose for an emergency fanbelt. In short, it's the definitive book on the art of rigging, written by its most entertaining practitioner. Hardcover pp 392
Falling ... ebook by Brion Toss
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