[C38] Halyards

[D McC]

Do You have rope-to-wire or all-rope halyards? A common cause of fraying of 
all-rope halyards is from not having changed the masthead sheaves from the 
original wire halyard sheaves. The original wire halyard sheaves develop grooves 
which will cause severe wear and fraying on an all-line halyard. I once 
destroyed a set of low stretch all rope halyards in one season on my previous 
boat by not replacing those sheaves. A spendy lesson! My current wire-to-rope 
main halyard has about 1 season left. I have a list of masthead tasks for 
lighting and instruments and next time aloft I will change out the sheaves and 
install an all-rope main halyard with a low stretch, abrasive-resistant line.

Fair winds ~

SV Pretty Lady  Catalina 38  #148

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----- Original Message ----
From: "david at dlrfilms.com" <david at dlrfilms.com>
To: listserve at catalina38.org
Sent: Thu, January 6, 2011 6:49:28 PM
Subject: [C38] Halyards

Hello!

Happy to New Year everyone!

Sadly, INTEMPERANCE is spending this Winter on the hard and not in the
Caribbean, but it'll give me a chance to give her a good going over so
she's mighty fine when we splash this Spring.

On the to-do list: Halyards

When I dropped the jib I saw that that one is completely frayed. The main
doesn't look too swell either. Time to make everything pretty and strong
again.

What are you all running? Any other tips? Any one have measurements?

Thanks!


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