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Franziska · 07-10-2022, 11:21

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Originally Posted by Dave9111

I love Gorilla tape and keep two rolls on the boat.

That said, tape sticking to poly rope is questionable. If the splice breaks do you feel like climbing the mast?

If it takes you 15 minutes to stitch together and tape the ropes, you need to have someone hold your beer. Compare that to how much you don't want to climb the mast. It's a no brainer!

Dave

The trick is to but joint the lines and roll a 1' strip of tape parallel around it, rather than diagonally...

flightlead404 · 07-10-2022, 11:47

And for when you eventually do loose one....I made a tool the other day.

Got 18" of old bicycle chain for free, tied 100' of masonry line to it. Chain words great as a weight to pull the line down inside the mast and because its flexible will run over a sheave properly and let you fish it back out of the mast at the bottom.

LeighWebber · 07-10-2022, 11:58

If you plan on discarding the old halyard, you should cut off the shackle first, then stitch the free end of the new halyard to it. Don't do what I did the first time - I stitched the two free ends together, resulting in the new halyard having its shackle on the wrong side of the sheave! If you don't want to cut off the old shackle, you'll have to stitch on a "messenger" line, pull that through, then stitch your new halyard to it. Stitching with sailmaker's waxed twine is pretty much indestructible, btw.

donregan · 07-10-2022, 16:31

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Originally Posted by BobHorn

Looking for a way to connect two halyards end to end to use an existing one to pull a new one. I think it's some kind of Chinese Finger thing. I've seen it done but never paid much attention.
Thanks,
Bob

I have used seizing and stitching but the easy way is electrical heat shink tubing. Flexible and you cannot pull it aoart.

Best, R

SailorKris · 07-10-2022, 19:46

I change my halyards end for end every 2 years or so. I sew a “Spanish Eye” in the end to pull a messenger thru. I remove my halyards and other mast lines when hauling boat to rinse and clean.
I’ve found that these “Eyes” help when fitting.
They ease turning over sheaves.

Wideocean7 · 07-10-2022, 21:13

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Originally Posted by s/v Jedi

Learn rope work, buy and read a book like the riggers apprentice!

A Flemish eye splice belongs on every halyard. I make these in minutes and enjoy them over the life of the halyard

So what’s the process once you’ve made your reeving/Flemish eye? More to the point, how does an eye help joining the ends of new and old halyards? Perhaps I’m missing something blatantly obvious!

Icarus · 07-10-2022, 21:20

Just sew them together end to end..

Wideocean7 · 07-10-2022, 21:38

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Originally Posted by Icarus

Just sew them together end to end..

So go to the effort to make an eye on each halyard (thereby shortening the working length) just to tie them together? So why not just tie/tape/Chinese finger-trap them. Sounds like a whole less work.

**s/v Jedi** · 08-10-2022, 06:14

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Originally Posted by Wideocean7

So what’s the process once you’ve made your reeving/Flemish eye? More to the point, how does an eye help joining the ends of new and old halyards? Perhaps I’m missing something blatantly obvious!

Okay, let me expand: for every halyard there must be a messenger line, which can be simple paracord. When a halyard isn’t in use for a while, like when the boat is stored off season, hauled etc., you replace the halyard with the messenger line and put the halyards in a dark, cool, dry place.

You can tie the messenger line to the Flemish eye using a bowline knot and it will easily and securely pass over sheaves, thru mast gates, rope clutches etc. If things are really tight, you can tie an overhand loop in the messenger line, then cow-hitch it to the halyard.

When you have a new halyard, you just hoist the new halyard instead of the old one.