After having been pulled aloft in a bosun's chair on a mast, you must now make yourself fast in the chair prior to painting the mast. You should first __________.

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seize the hauling part and the standing part firmly in one hand to support your weight

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make the tail of the line leading from the becket bend fast to a padeye on the mast

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have the sailor on deck make the hauling part fast to a cleat on the mast

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frap yourself to the mast to take the strain off the hauling part

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