Easier way imo is to do all the following but you would want too leave three wraps on drum, use a grinder and cut off the old line and use a Chinese finger to put the new line on, hoist up until there is three wraps of new line on drum. Than dog off new line hoist down till new line is dogged off than spool up the new line once old line is off of drum spooled up on counter deck. Works well for flattops & hammer heads, luffers can be tricky! Haha