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   goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jul-2023 23:28:31 JST goatsarah
   I do not enjoy going up there, but sometimes it has to be done.
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     FraggleChick (fragglechick@universeodon.com)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 00:43:36 JST FraggleChick

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     @goatsarah Urgh. No part of that looks fun. Makes for an impressive phoatie though!

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 00:44:27 JST goatsarah

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     @fragglechick I'm not scared of the height, but it's hard work and it moves about and gives me motion sickness.
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     Gen X-Wing (breadbin@bitbang.social)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 01:16:06 JST Gen X-Wing

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     • FraggleChick

     @goatsarah @fragglechick I’m terrified of heights and my body would have taken over at that point and I would have fallen:(

     Stay safe!

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 01:16:06 JST goatsarah

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     @breadbin @fragglechick Not actually possible to fall
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     Madagascar_Sky (madagascar_sky@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 01:20:40 JST Madagascar_Sky

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     @goatsarah Damn! I wonder if there is an equivalent lemmy or kbin for /r/sweatypalms.

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 01:21:20 JST goatsarah

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     • Zoe O'Connell
     @zoeimogen @breadbin @fragglechick I could likely have self-rescued if I'd needed to. I would have been unhappy about it.
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     Zoe O'Connell (zoeimogen@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 01:21:21 JST Zoe O'Connell

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     @goatsarah @breadbin @fragglechick She wasn't going anywhere unless I let her, on account of the fact she was tied in (Which you can't trivially undo under load) and the other end of the rope was on the winch on deck.
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     Gen X-Wing (breadbin@bitbang.social)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 01:53:07 JST Gen X-Wing

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     @goatsarah That makes me curious of how it works. After all, if asked to go up a mast no part of my brain would have gone “how” and many parts would have gone “how do I run away?!?!?!”

     I’ve had attacks trying to get up ladders and been shaking real bad, so there’s not much of a coordinated limbs mode left:(

     Also I’m real good at screwing stuff up:(

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 01:53:07 JST goatsarah

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     @breadbin Ok, so you see the thing I'm standing in, the rope round my foot? That's attached to the mast at my waist with a round turn and two half hitches. Unloaded it means I can slide it up and down, but if I load it (by standing up), it seizes.

     I am wearing a climbing harness. The harness is tied into the mainsail halyard (the rope we normally use to raise the sail). When I stand up in my leg loop, it creates slack in the halyard, which @zoeimogen then takes in on the winch (which is also ratcheted). Then when she has taken all the slack in, I unload the leg loop, slide it up, stand up and repeat, until I am at the top of the mast.

     To get down, she has to release the ratchet and then slowly let the halyard run through the system, lowering me and using the friction in the system as a brake.

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 01:55:52 JST goatsarah

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     @zoeimogen @breadbin At the top, I am literally just dangling from the halyard,. I'm basically stuck there. The reason I still have my foot in the loop is so that I can weight my leg occasionally to avoid cramp.
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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 02:02:32 JST goatsarah

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     @breadbin @zoeimogen I'm a mountaineer, so a mast is not all that much. Used to be scared of heights, but managed to train my brain out of it through exposure therapy. The first few times I went up there I felt a bit of a flutter. Now I feel nothing. My main fear was dropping my phone while taking the photos.
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     Gen X-Wing (breadbin@bitbang.social)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 02:02:33 JST Gen X-Wing

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     @goatsarah @zoeimogen You are still infinitely more brave than me!

     Thanks for the clarification.

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 02:36:10 JST goatsarah

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     @breadbin @zoeimogen yeah. Maybe next time I’ll take a GoPro on a selfie stick.
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     Gen X-Wing (breadbin@bitbang.social)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 02:36:11 JST Gen X-Wing

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     @goatsarah @zoeimogen You, are badass.

     Could get a case with something to put around your wrist. Like a Wii controller:)

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     Eve (?), she/her (?) (eveofthefuture@tech.lgbt)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 02:50:48 JST Eve (?), she/her (?)

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     @goatsarah Terrifying! Also cool boat!

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 02:51:54 JST goatsarah

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     • Eve (?), she/her (?)
     @EveOfTheFuture She is my pride and joy 😊
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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 03:03:48 JST goatsarah

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     • Eve (?), she/her (?)
     @EveOfTheFuture Boat is currently on south coast of England. Planning to bring her to Portugal later this year. She’s rated for up to 200 nautical miles offshore. You COULD cross an ocean in her, but you wouldn’t want to.
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     Eve (?), she/her (?) (eveofthefuture@tech.lgbt)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 03:03:49 JST Eve (?), she/her (?)

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     @goatsarah You're in Portugal, right? She looks p small - do you just hop up and down the coast, or can you go out a way?

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 03:13:52 JST goatsarah

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     • Eve (?), she/her (?)
     @EveOfTheFuture Azores is totally doable. Just got to make sure the weather is agreeable.
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     Eve (?), she/her (?) (eveofthefuture@tech.lgbt)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 03:13:53 JST Eve (?), she/her (?)

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     @goatsarah Nice! It'd be cool if you could just take her to the Azores whenevs, but that seems like it'd fall into "ocean crossing" territory.

     You planning the trip over as a tour of the coasts of france and spain, or does the business of the channel compel something less magical?

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Monday, 10-Jul-2023 03:29:46 JST goatsarah

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     • Henrik Millinge Sørensen 🇩🇰
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     @zoeimogen @henrikmillinge Tl;dr: no
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     Zoe O'Connell (zoeimogen@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Monday, 10-Jul-2023 03:29:47 JST Zoe O'Connell

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     • Henrik Millinge Sørensen 🇩🇰

     @goatsarah @henrikmillinge She has over 950kg of iron ballast in the keel to stop her tilting over when sailing whilst it would be possible, you’d need a very strong anchor point to do it and it wouldn’t be kind to the standing rigging.

     Dropping the mast is another possibiiity but that’s complicated. Easier to climb it.

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     Henrik Millinge Sørensen 🇩🇰 (henrikmillinge@fikaverse.club)'s status on Monday, 10-Jul-2023 03:29:49 JST Henrik Millinge Sørensen 🇩🇰

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     @goatsarah Wouldn't it be easier to tilt the boat ?

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     John Caveney woke is me🛠️ (jaycee@toot.community)'s status on Monday, 10-Jul-2023 04:10:57 JST John Caveney woke is me🛠️

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     @goatsarah I get vertigo on a high kerb! 😳😳

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