I'm not a big fan of the buntline hitch, since it can be very difficult to untie. It is good for halyard to
shackle connections, since the knot is fairly compact and doesn't come undone. However, I think a bowline is better for connecting the bosun's chair to the halyard.
If your halyards aren't long enough to lead back to your genoa sheet
winches, use a sheet bend or other knot to add a tail that will let you get the hoisting
line at least that far back. The safety
line doesn't have to necessarily go back to a genny
winch.
You can also use a halyard that is tied off as a safety line if you have a jumar or ascender clipped onto it.
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New England
You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)
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