Steve, you make a reasonable point. If someone is changing their halyards just to change them then it makes little or no sense. If the halyard needs replaced, then replacing with all rope is easier and possibly cheaper. You can do it without special splices and It also allows freshening the nib at the shackle or doing an end for end swap. As rope ages and where's out it won't get fish hooks and it won't eat metal components like sheaves and exit boxes.
The advantages of wire-rope halyards were always limited to low stretch and reduced weight aloft. Those advantages have been more or less eliminated by modern day fiber technology. Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Tue, May 15, 2018, 12:15 PM Steve Thomas via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I don't see the point in changing to all rope on a cruising boat with > roller furling. Set it and forget it, and no worries about chafe or UV > degradation up at the top. Wire lasts longer than anything in that sort of > service. > > Steve Thomas > > C&C36 > Merritt Island, FL > > C&C27 MKIII > Port Stanley, ON > > ---- Gary Nylander via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I have raced on a couple of J-80’s and now on a C&C115. All have rope – > all have furlers, and they don’t take anything down during the season. > > Don’t see a problem. > > > > Gary > > > > From: CnC-List <cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com> On Behalf Of Joe Della > Barba via CnC-List > Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2018 11:12 AM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: Joe Della Barba <j...@dellabarba.com> > Subject: Re: Stus-List Time for new halyard... Recommendations? > > > > Is rope suitable for furling sails that might not come down more than once > a year? > > > > Coquina > > > > Joe Della Barba > > j...@dellabarba.com <mailto:j...@dellabarba.com> > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Gary > Nylander via CnC-List > Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2018 10:27 AM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Cc: Gary Nylander <gnylan...@atlanticbb.net <mailto: > gnylan...@atlanticbb.net> > > Subject: Re: Stus-List Time for new halyard... Recommendations? > > > > I switched from wire/rope to rope without a problem. > > Gary > > 30-1 > > > > From: CnC-List <cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com <mailto: > cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com> > On Behalf Of Joel Aronson via CnC-List > Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2018 10:00 AM > To: cnc-list <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > > Cc: Joel Aronson <joel.aron...@gmail.com <mailto:joel.aron...@gmail.com> > > Subject: Re: Stus-List Time for new halyard... Recommendations? > > > > If there are rough spots on the sheaves they need to be replaced before > switching. Also, you need to make sure the sheave is wide enough for the > rope you want to use. > > > > Joel > > > > On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 9:47 AM, Joe Della Barba via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > My jib halyard is shot. I always assumed I needed another wire/rope > because the sheaves are made for wire and would damage an all rope halyard. > > Is this wrong? > > > > Coquina > > C&C 35 MK I > > > > Joe Della Barba > > j...@dellabarba.com <mailto:j...@dellabarba.com> > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com <mailto: > cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com> ] On Behalf Of Neil Andersen via CnC-List > Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2018 9:36 AM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> ; > cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Cc: Neil Andersen <neil.eric.ander...@gmail.com <mailto: > neil.eric.ander...@gmail.com> > > Subject: Re: Stus-List Time for new halyard... Recommendations? > > > > Bruce, > > > > First thing is to replace the wire/rope with all rope. > > > > Neil > > 1982 C&C32 > > Rock Hall, MD > > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > > > > > > > -- > > Joel > 301 541 8551 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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