Stus-List Main Halyard Dilemma

Hello: I have a 1985 CNC 33-2. I have been using the same main halyard for the last three years. Every winter I connect a line to it and pull it up and store the main halyard in the mast over the winter. I went to bring it down it does not want to come down. I am able to pull it down 6" and p

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That happened to me once. It turned out the wind instrument cable was getting pulled into the sheave. Pull the halyard up or down to the point where it's loose. Then try pulling the wind instrument cable down, from where it comes out of the mast, until it is snug. Don't tug too hard. Then try the h

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Why do you pull the halyard into the mast? I've been sailing for more than fifty years, and I have never done that on any of my boats. It's not necessary. Alan Bergen 35 Mk III Thirsty Rose City YC Portland, OR On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 1:34 PM ALAN BERGEN via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wr

Stus-List Re: Main Halyard Dilemma

It's possible it may have jumped a sheave at the masthead. Can you see what the deal is up there with binoculars? Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C&C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC On Fri, 11 Jun 2021 at 13:17, Raymond Macklin via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Hello: > > I have a 1985 CNC 33-2.

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My jib got stuck like that. It was fouled at the top. The end of the cable looked like a pig's curly tail. I had to send someone up the bosuns chair to untangle it. Get Outlook for Android From: Jim Watts via CnC-List Sent: Friday, Ju

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What Jim said. It probably popped up over the sheave, & the skinny messenger is jammed. Take a picture with somebody's telephoto lens, or go up on the jib halyard. Bill On Fri, Jun 11, 2021, 5:53 PM Jim Watts via CnC-List wrote: > It's possible it may have jumped a sheave at the masthead. Can y

Stus-List Re: Main Halyard Dilemma

Pull harder. If you break it it should be replaced anyway On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 5:17 PM Raymond Macklin via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Hello: > > I have a 1985 CNC 33-2. I have been using the same main halyard for the > last three years. Every winter I connect a line to it an

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Agreed. 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 ———- 914.774.9767 | Mobile ———- Sent via iPhone 11 Pro iPhone. iTypos. iApologize On Jun 11, 2021, at

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We drop our masts every fall. One spring the main halyard was jammed when raised. Going up the mast, we found the main halyard was off the sheave and was jammed between the topping lift halyard sheave and the main halyard sheave. It was pulled out of the jam and put back on the main halyard sh

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This one has my vote, as it happened several times when I was pulling my halyards back in with the mast horizontal - the thin lines would jump the sheave and get jammed. I suggest going aloft on a jib halyard to inspect. -- Shawn Wright shawngwri...@gmail.com S/V Callisto, 1974 C&C 35 https://www.