Chotu's Advanced Running Rigging Thread (lots of pics)

[MicHughV]

Like others here, my preference is to work the sails, halyards, etc, from alongside the base of the mast.

Call me old fashioned (and that's ok, 'cuz I am an old fart), but this so much simpler than having a plethora of lines lead back into the cockpit.

On my Beneteau there is often a veritable spaghetti of lines laying around in the cockpit, under my feet on the seats, or dangling down the companionway steps, etc. If they weren't color coded, I'd have no idea what was what. At night, all this gets compounded by a lack of light.
I get that it keeps you in the cockpit, but for me, it's no big deal, and actually preferential to work alongside the mast.