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<\/p>\nIf you aren\u2019t a fan of heights, then climbing a mast may be the last thing on your list. However First Class Sailings\u2019 newest recruit Andrew McPherson, who had never been aboard a boat before, was given the task of climbing the 46ft mast to feed the halyard down. <\/p>\n
When first asked about climbing the mast, I was unsure about how I could go about it – noticing the lack of steps or handles on the way up. Being an ex-scuba instructor, I have never sailed before or been on a sailing vessel.<\/p>\n
Charlie then brought out the Bosun\u2019s Chair, this wouldn\u2019t be as hard as I anticipated. All I had to do was sit and be winched up the mast – which was a pleasant surprise. <\/p>\n
On the way up, I found that the most difficult part was watching not to snag anything on the way. Once at the top I was surprised to find that I couldn\u2019t see down the mast, meaning threading the halyard down wasn\u2019t going to be was easy. To our relief, the wind had died down. <\/p>\n
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Feeding the halyard down the mask was more of a trial and error situation due to the lack of view. Eventually, we managed to get the job done, and before I was taken back to the deck, I snapped the head-spinning photograph of the view. <\/p>\n
I am currently working on my Day Skipper Theory<\/a> course and I\u2019m itching to get on the water, this is only the start of my challenges here at First Class Sailing.<\/p>\n If, like Andrew, you are looking to increase your skills in sailing, have a look at our RYA Practical<\/a> and Theory cources<\/a>. Alternatively you can contact us<\/a> on 02030063717<\/strong> and we\u2019ll have you up the mast in no time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you aren\u2019t a fan of heights, then climbing a mast may be the last thing on your list. However First Class Sailings\u2019 newest recruit Andrew McPherson, who had never been aboard a boat before, was given the task of climbing the 46ft mast to feed the halyard down. Thrown into the Deep End When […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1914,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sailing-tales"],"views":2540,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1913"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1921,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1913\/revisions\/1921"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}