One of the services Ive offered over the years but not advertised is rigging. I worked at Ballard Sails years ago now and learned so much on top of the years I’ve spent doing my own rigging. I remember quite clearly the seeds of this inspiration to work aloft. I was about 15 and my folks hired a gentlemen named Craig Shaw to help us convert the club footed self tacking jib the family boat came rigged with to a overlapping genoa and staysail. Craig drove a vintage yellow hot rod pickup. He wore an old faded Mount Gay regatta hat, a trophy from some past race and something I later learned the significance of when I started collecting my own red hats racing my boats. Craig had a braided ponytail down his back inspired me to do this work one day. I still remember Craigs advice to always tie a bowline to your bosun's chair and to never trust a shackle.

Yesterday I went up the mainmast of a one off Ketch rigged Bristol Channel Cutter to run a new radar and wiring for spreader lights.

Here are some pictures. Yes that light is half full (or half empty of water)..