Back stay cotter pin sounds like a good thought. I'll pull out the binoculars and see what I can see.
On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 7:39 AM, Gary Nylander <gnylan...@atlanticbb.net>wrote: > ** > You may want to look for an offending cotter pin (key to some). My tangs > from the mast top fitting to the fore and back stays are so close to the > exit of the halyards that I have to install the cotter pins upside down > (the 'head' on the low side and the tails upward) so the tails don't chafe > the halyards. Not so bad on the forestay because there are two halyards and > they are not on center, but the backstay is centered, right over the main > halyard exit. If someone didn't split the cotter pin correctly, it could > stick into where the halyard is exiting. > > Gary > 30-1 > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Ken Heaton <kenhea...@gmail.com> > *To:* cnc-list <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > *Sent:* Monday, October 21, 2013 10:15 PM > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Severed main halyard -- speculation? > > Back when my boat was built (1990) the main halyard was made of wire and > rope with a wire to rope splice. Some time ago a previous owner changed > the main halyard to all rope. One day, while we were running downwind the > main halyard parted and down came the main. As it turns out, the design of > the exit for the main halyard at the top of the mast is made for a wire > halyard so has a different design of exit than the jib and spinnaker > halyards at the front of the mast. There are bars on either side of the > halyard exits at the front that soften the exit that don't exist at the > back. > > I asked the local rigging shop for suggestions for how to prevent this > from happening in the future. His answer was "You don't really race the > boat so why not go back to a wire and rope halyard?" We did and so far no > problems with halyards since. > > Ken H. > > > On 21 October 2013 22:02, David Paine <paineda...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks for the ideas. I have a rigid vang so it wasn't the topping lift >> -- good thought though. It must be, as Andy suggested, the sheave or the >> exit. I am leaning towards the latter because the cut is well below the >> top of the sheave and closer to where it might exit (or possibly below). >> There is just a short stub of line above the shackle. >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 8:44 PM, bobmor99 . <bobmo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Maybe the main halyard spent time fouled on a frayed topping lift. >>> My topping lift recently gave up the ghost. Before that happened I had >>> noticed that my main halyard and topping lift were fouled. That was easily >>> fixed. Later on, my mast climber (who goes all the way to the top) told me >>> my (wire) topping lift had a few broken strands. >>> Bob M >>> Ox 33-1 >>> Jax, FL >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 6:59 PM, David Paine <paineda...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> I had an interesting sail last weekend to Cuttyhunk, in my 1975 >>>> C&C33-1. I was blasting downwind in 17-22 kn wind under main and >>>> poled-out jib. The ride lasted for several hours but was interrupted when >>>> I jibed the main (in a fairly controlled jibe). To my great surprise the >>>> jibe resulted in the main halyard parting about 3" from the headboard >>>> shackle. The amazing thing is that the line looks like it was cut with a >>>> sharp knife -- the core and outer braid were perfectly lined up and the cut >>>> is square. There is no sign of chafe. Until the mast is down, all one can >>>> do is speculate, but does anyone care to guess what caused the line to be >>>> cut so neatly? I am baffled. >>>> >>>> btw, Cutty Hunk this time of year and with a full moon, is beautiful >>>> and except for two other boats (one from Hawii!) there were no other >>>> cruising boats in the inner harbor. I had to anchor though, the town >>>> moorings were already winterized. >>>> >>>> Cheers, David >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >>>> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >>>> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >>> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >>> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> >> > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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