In the time honoured method of TM thread drift, last week I was helping a friend bending on sails for this season, and unfortunately I was required to visit the top of the mast when we had an issue, for sure, way past that sort of nonsense even in a bosuns chair, but needs must... Definitely intend to avoid ever doing that again if possible. At least partially on topic as I was made in Scotland... (-:

Below is a pic of me doing the same process on the same ketch, back in 2003...Little did i think I would be involved in a similar process some 23 years later... Nuts or what..?

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