Some success today as we had the main on for the first time. The bad was discovering the fore halyard was jammed in the mast and we couldn't free it. Another masthead trip needed.


Anyway looking for some advice. At the end of the boom are two lines going to the masthead. One is the Topping Lift. Whats the other and what purpose does it serve? I can't see any obvious connection but I think its like the backstay goes to the masthead and then back down and attached to the end of the boom.