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TRAILER: Going Aloft with Brion Toss
14 June 2025 · 2 min · 259 views · Port Townsend
What this video covers
Brion Toss, a professional rigger based in Port Townsend, Washington, introduces a instructional program on going aloft safely.0:18 Speaking from his rigging loft, he frames mast climbing as a skill sailors routinely underestimate, citing accidents caused by ignoring the real hazards of leaving the deck.0:38 The program promises specific procedures, techniques, and tools to make time aloft safer, more efficient, and more manageable.0:56 Toss describes every trip aloft as improvised acrobatics combined with engineering, and stresses that the sailor must supply experience and judgment to make any technique work.1:05 The trailer ends with a brief lowering sequence before the video degrades into repeated garbled text.1:27 No specific techniques, gear names, or step-by-step instruction appear in this video — those are reserved for the full program.
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