Halyard Jig
The units I've seen called halyard jigs, on old Narrasketucks and even older ice boats, are a little different from how I think the article reads, but I'm not sure the article really got it.
For a three-power jig, the halyard terminated spliced to the top becket of a block with two beckets. The length of this part of the halyard is such that with the sail all the way down the halyard end is still below the sheeve and with the sail up the end is at a convenient height above the deck. A line is spliced to the lower becket and run back up through the block.
You pull that line to get the sail up, the block down. When the block is within reach you hold it with one hand and pull out the loop of line that goes from the lower becket up over the sheeve. This loop is then plopped over a turning block on the mast. Go back to pulling on the line which now has a 3:1 advantage. Slick, light, easy.
G'luck
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