After we left Hornby Island, we headed up the channel between Vancouver Island and Denman Island. It was howling down the passage and we were doing about 6 knots with the current, the tide and just the genoa up. We wanted to see how she would go wing on wing, and decided to put up the main, something we had been hesitant to do earlier, with such a strong following wind. We came into wind, hoisted the main, let the wind push us around and took off. We hadn't gone 100 yards before the halyard let go, and the mainsail fluttered down on top of the cabin. The snap-shackle had blown, and our halyard was at the top of the mast. This necessitated a call to the local rigger in Comox, Steve, who used a 2 rope system to self-propel up the 58' mast. Alan belayed him on the 2nd rope. We decided to have a diver come to clean the bottom as well, and with these adjustments behind us, we made good speed on the rest of the trip.
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