929. You are lifting a one-ton weight with a swinging boom. When comparing the stresses in the rig with the boom at 20° to the horizontal to the stresses when the boom is at 60° to the horizontal, which statement is TRUE?

When the boom is near horizontal (20), the topping lift requires greater tension to support the load, increasing stress on the masthead fairlead. This is because a smaller vertical component must still equal the load, and tension increases as the line becomes more horizontal.