M_Boats: Topping Lift

My Monty 15 is the first sailboat I've had with no topping lift. Our first sail was yesterday (great fun) and I have a question. We rig in the launch parking lot, launch the boat, motor out the channel to open water, hoist sail and the fun begins. With no topping lift, the boom simply lays down in the cockpit on one of the seats. Although workable, it takes up a fair amount of space and is a bit awkward. Am I missing something insofar as doing it this way. What do you all do and use to alleviate this? Might the main halyard be used to hold up the boom during this motoring time? Or, am I just being to bothered by a small detail? * * *Jeff+* Molōn labe!