Sep 23, 2022
Working aloft, by Christopher Blossom (1956- )
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Working aloft, by Christopher Blossom (1956- )
Working aloft, by Martyn R. Mackrill, 2009
Sailor's aloft, by Stephen Beastie (1961-)
The engine of a tall ship are her sails. Controlling them was the job of the topmen. Their work demanded strength, skill, and a head for heights. They climbed the rigging in all weather, often in darkness, and as high as 175 feet (53,34m)above the deck. The sails they set (spread out) or reefed and furled (pulled in) could weigh half a ton even when dry, and twice that when soaked with rain.
HIGHER CALLING
How’d you like to do this for a living?
Talk about high on the job. We saw this along East Road the other day. Better cell service, right?
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Tools aloft.
A rigging bag post.
Its really not a good idea to drop something heavy, sharp or heavy and sharp from a hundred feet up a rig or even thirty feet for that matter. One time i was working aloft on a maxi rig trying to change a metal sheave in the masthead box. I had all my tools either tied to me or in the rigging bag, that’s it’s original purpose, and even had a tie passed around the sheave…
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2 ABs on the main yardarm. Unknown ship and time.