I replaced my genoa halyard with all rope after I bought the boat and have had routine problems of the halyard being chewed through in a place at or near the sheave. It takes a season to wear through the cover and so far not the core in that time, so I replaced it twice and respliced once and now have a dyneema cover that dramatically cut down the wear. I have had 3 different riggers look at it and none could figure out what the problem is. However, the mast has been up all that time so they were assessing from a bosun’s chair. This year, the mast is down and I hope to be able to get a good look at the sheave and box and hopefully can figure out the problem. Dave
S/V Aries 1990 C&C 34+ New London, CT > 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 > <https://www.paypal.me/stumurray>
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