well we left the stepping pin in because we weren't sailing. We were actually tensioning the shrouds because I had just installed the furler. Robert was using the trapeze handle to put lateral force on mast so I could bump the shroud down one more hole.



Then....



*pow* trapeze handle breaks. In 98 degree weather, we both had sweaty hands, so the shroud slips out of my hand easily, and the mast comes tumbling down.



If the pin wasn't in there, it probably would have broken the comp-tip or my hull.