Really easy Gashmore......This is for the Colligo Dux set up....If I have an assistant, and I am in port. I take the tail and attach it to the halyard. Better than a headsail winch as you get the force going in the direction of the tail. Make sure you start all the the lashings at the top dead eye. The tail then runs up on after the last pass through the bottom deadeye. When I get the tension I want, I pinch off the lashing tail with a thumb and finger. It does not require anymore force than that. And I have the assistant release the halyard winch. Then lash up the tail.
If I am alone I use a small pair of vice grips. I pinch off the tail down low, and release the halyard myself. Then tie up a few hitches and release the vice gripes. Works really well. I have done it out at sea, it pretty lousy conditions.
Instructions on the lash up. I know it is not traditional to hitch it this way, but it has worked really well. I have also used bare hands when the leeward side looks to slack, between the slick Dyneem lashings, and the polished deadeyes of Colligo, their seems to be just the right amount of friction and slickness...:-)
http://www.colligomarine.com/docs/mi...ie_ver_1_1.pdf