James Stevens answers your Questions of Seamanship. In this article, how confident would you be about fixing a jammed sheave?
Mast climb
Mast climbing for shorthanded crews
Professional skipper Simon Philips shares how to go aloft safely with only one other crewmember aboard
Jonty Pearce: Mr Blobby on a stick, or ‘The art of mast climbing’
Some of us are better suited than others to being hoisted aloft, as Jonty Pearce discovered, but good team work and thorough preparation make mast-head jobs go smoothly