Paul, It's a chafe sleeve. https://www.westmarine.com/buy/new-england-ropes--dyneema-anti-chafing-sleeves--P002_071_006_503?recordNum=29
You slide it onto the halyard, splice or tie your shackle, then slide it in place and whip it. Usually a couple feet is enough. Joel On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 1:30 PM Paul Hood via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I had a wire/rope halyard break late fall. It had a lot of age and broke > on > the wire at the sheave. I was going to replace all halyards to rope this > spring. Comments in general are making me think. Sheaves seams fine > still. > Joel, what is a halyard end cover? > > Paul Hood > '81 C&C34 Georgian bay > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 11:12:37 -0400 > From: Joel Aronson <joel.aron...@gmail.com> > To: cnc-list <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Subject: Re: Stus-List wire-to-rope vs rope > Message-ID: > <CAEL16P8Q0Eq5SZKygxYLZeqVaktwUD0=Bz86+9fZ= > cscsgj...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Joe, > Unless the sheave was damaged, it should not be an issue. You could add a > cover to the end of the halyard. > Joel > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
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