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Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit

16-10-2013, 05:48

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Halyard Replacement advice will be appreciated

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Posted By barnakiel

Re: Halyard Replacement advice will be appreciated

Whether one is a monkey or not is not a function of where your halyards are but rather of how you store them.

Ours sleep in bags immediately below winches / jammers.

I sometimes drop the lines...

Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit

11-10-2013, 17:37

Replies: 25

Halyard Replacement advice will be appreciated

Views: 3,492

Posted By barnakiel

Re: Halyard Replacement advice will be appreciated

IMOCA 60 skippers do it this way, big waves and high winds, they do care somewhat less as theirs are spectra - stronger cloth and less chafe too.

You can nihilate all chafe by simply sticking...

Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit

11-10-2013, 16:15

Replies: 25

Halyard Replacement advice will be appreciated

Views: 3,492

Posted By barnakiel

Re: Halyard Replacement advice will be appreciated

Why not.

This is a poor 'technique' that a) limits visibility below the boom as well as b) may chafe the sail. I actually tie up the bunt very neatly ever after a bad wave ripped our main that I...

Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit

11-10-2013, 13:06

Replies: 25

Halyard Replacement advice will be appreciated

Views: 3,492

Posted By barnakiel

Re: Halyard Replacement advice will be appreciated

Only if your forward reef line is not rigged to hold the reef tack.

In our boat we do go forward to hook the ring on the hook, but we do it when we please as we can continue on fore reef line...

Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit

07-10-2013, 09:27

Replies: 25

Halyard Replacement advice will be appreciated

Views: 3,492

Posted By barnakiel

Re: Halyard Replacement advice will be appreciated

IMHO if your mast lends itself to all soft rope halyards, that's best and easiest.

In our case, we do not want to drop sails mid-ocean to check how our halyards are doing; hence the wire to rope...

Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit

07-10-2013, 07:23

Replies: 25

Halyard Replacement advice will be appreciated

Views: 3,492

Posted By barnakiel

Re: Halyard Replacement advice will be appreciated

Ours are wire and rope and I have just spliced a new topping lift of the same design. They last +10 years of heavy use.

I like the in-mast part to be wire as it seems to chafe less than soft rope...

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