We had a wear problem on our Main Halyard so we went back to wire to rope on that. We've never had a problem with the Jib / Genoa or Spinnaker halyards as the mast exits for those are well protected on our mast (built by Offshore Spars).
Ken H. On Wed, 11 Mar 2020 at 12:12, Edd Schillay via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Joe, > > Yes - that’s an issue. I had to go back to wire/rope after quite a few > halyard breaks. > > All the best, > > Edd > > > Edd M. Schillay > Captain of the Starship Enterprise > C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B > Venice Yacht Club | Venice Island, FL > > Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log <http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/> > > > > > > > > > > > On Mar 11, 2020, at 11:01 AM, Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > My wire to rope jib halyard dates back to the 1980s and has some nasty > meat hooks. I have several all rope halyards that were given to me and have > sat inside my shed for years. I used the old wire halyard to pull one > through and my original thought was to get another one made. This does > raise an obvious question – why not just use the rope? > > My fear is that since the sail usually only comes down once a year if > that, the rope will get chewed through on the masthead shiv. Is this an > issue? > > > > > > *Joe Della Barba Coquina C&C 35 MK I* > > *www.dellabarba.com <http://www.dellabarba.com>* > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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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