Might work, I'll try it. I have a block and a cleat.
Ted
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> Ted Duke wrote:
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> >I don't do it alone. I tie a line to the jib halyard, wrap it twice
> >around the
> >top rail of the pulpit and have someone hold the line from in front of the
> >boat. I lift, they pull in the slack. I step up and lift, they pull in the
> >slack. Then I can stand it up and attach the forestay.
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> Ted:
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> Would you be able to do that singlehanded if the jib halyard were routed
> through a block on the pulpit and back to you so that you could do both the
> pulling and lifting? I seem to recall someone was using such a method
> successfully. Or would you require three or four hands to do it that way? A
> camcleat at the block could hold the line between pulls.
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> I don't have a P19 yet so don't have any personal experience with the process.
>
> Harry Gordon
> P14 #234, Manatee
> Mountain View, CA