Neil, I think the last jib halyard I bought was 115 or 118 feet. That should be close for the main halyard, especially if you clip it to the toe rail or the base of the mast. I buy extra length so I can end for end the line if I need to. I've found that more often than not, if a halyard gets damaged, it's in the 2-3 feet near the shackle. Since the other end hasn't been loaded, I can cut the damaged end off, splice an eye with the shackle in the other end and not have to buy a whole new halyard.
IMHO, buying an extra 10 feet of halyard is cheap insurance against having to buy a whole new halyard. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 7:34 PM, schiller via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com > wrote: > Corsair still has the original wire main halyard (and the original > roller reefing boom). We have upgraded the main traveller and the end boom > sheeting system and now we are thinking of bringing the main halyard back > to the cabin top winch that we used for the main sheet. Question is: how > long of a halyard will I need? Cajun Ropes only lists a Mark III for the > 35 at 110 feet long. Is that long enough? > > Neil Schiller > 1970 Redwing 35, Hull #7 > (C&C 35, Mark I) > "Corsair" > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > >
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