Great story Robert, I'm glad everything worked out ok......
Apart from the lifeline issue, the second major "learning" I got was about taking the time to properly stow the storm
jib. If it had been done in a hurry, way back when you last packed it, you might have been in much worse of a jam....
Love to learn "the hard way" when it's someone else "doing the doing", as it were.
Thanks, Fred