[C38] Halyards

[les]

Hi, Jay,
	One thing I should note about the sta-set X.  It is quite rough on the
hands.  That outer braid is stout and chafe resistant, so Nancy and I
both use the sailing gloves when handling it for any lifting work. It
hasn't cut us, but it is extremely irritating to bare skin when loaded.
But it works great, no splice and so on.  Splicing it is more difficult
as well.  I had a lot of work to get the eye splice in the end of it.
There are specific instructions on the New England Ropes site that will
help.  It doesn't hold a whipping well either.  Make sure you allow
about 1 line diameter between the whipping and the end of the line.  It
does seal with heat.  But I have found that it kind of breaks over time,
so a whipping helps.

Strong is definitely the operable word.

Regards,
Les H

On Tue, 2011-01-11 at 08:55 -0800, Jay Sorensen wrote:
> Good Morning All,
> 
> First, thanks for your help with the salon shelf storage options.  First
> mate Dorothy is very happy with the lined baskets on the top shelves and
> the extra rail on the bottom.  
> 
> Now for the next question trying to save a trip up the mast.  Can anyone
> tell me if sheeve box needs to be removed from the masthead to replace
> the sheeves?  Or is there a pin that goes all the way through the mast.
> Ours is a 1985 model.  
> 
> I'm going to 7/16" Sta-Set X halyards and want to remove the combination
> sheeves as I'm concerned about the semi-circle indent on the current
> version.  7/16" line seems to run smoothly, but I'm not sure about wear.
> New sheeves should be cheap insurance. 
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Jay & Dorothy Sorensen
> C-38 #311, Broad Reach
> San Diego, CA 
> 
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