A (relatively) small investment in messenger lines and a little time at the
beginning and end of the season to replace all my halyards has reaped huge
benefits - just from minimizing UV damage! I buy all my halyards with a
reeving splice to make the job of switching them out even easier.
Jonat
ey are not on center, but the backstay is centered, right over the main
> halyard exit. If someone didn't split the cotter pin correctly, it could
> stick into where the halyard is exiting.
>
> Gary
> 30-1
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> - Original Message -
> *From:* Ken Heaton
> *To:* cnc-lis
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From: Ken Heaton
To: cnc-list
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2013 10:15 PM
Subject: Re: Stus-List Severed main halyard -- speculation?
Back when my boat was built (1990) the main halyard was made of wire and rope
with a wire to rope splice. Some time ago a pr
Back when my boat was built (1990) the main halyard was made of wire and
rope with a wire to rope splice. Some time ago a previous owner changed
the main halyard to all rope. One day, while we were running downwind the
main halyard parted and down came the main. As it turns out, the design of
the
Thanks for the ideas. I have a rigid vang so it wasn't the topping lift --
good thought though. It must be, as Andy suggested, the sheave or the
exit. I am leaning towards the latter because the cut is well below the
top of the sheave and closer to where it might exit (or possibly below).
Ther
Maybe the main halyard spent time fouled on a frayed topping lift.
My topping lift recently gave up the ghost. Before that happened I had
noticed that my main halyard and topping lift were fouled. That was easily
fixed. Later on, my mast climber (who goes all the way to the top) told me
my (wire) t
Would have seen you there, David, but for us both coming down with stinking
colds.
The only explanation I can come up with is that the top of the mast; either
the sheave or the exit was chafed by an original wire halyard. I believe
the 33s came with wire halyards, right?
Andy
C&C 40
Peregrine
On
