Static Line for the TopClimber

The ATN Topclimber rides a 7/16" to 1/2" low stretch line (static line). Use a piece of line dedicated for the ATN Topclimber, longer than the mast is tall, + 10' to reach a winch. The best thing to do with the top end of the static line is to bowline it through the spliced eye of the halyard: bypass the snapshakle , not only for safety reasons, but also to gain a couple of inches where you'll need it most, at the masthead. The best thing to do at the deck end of the static line is to feed it through a snatch block, at a stanchion base on the rail for example , and then onto a winch: you'll find that the static line is best tight and stiff, and that it is better to be at an angle going up, away from the mast, which explains why it is better to fasten the snatchblock away from the mast step... For your convenience, ATN can supply the 1/2" low stretch double braid line