The astute observer will notice the nice (shredded) new
halyard I asked
advice about 2 weeks ago.
I had some crew on my Bristol to cross Lake Michigan.
The
jib had been repaired and the gentleman I actually bought the
boat from attached it the
roller furler. His son then hoisted it and… winched into place.
I suspect that the lines had not been cleared and that winching the
jib halyard caused some problems. We did end up sailing with the damage without knowing though we were unable to lower the jib, or furl the jib. We manually wrapped it up and were able to proceed.
So today instead of sailing it home today I got it ready for
winter and
haul out. I am dropping the
mast and will at least replace the forestay.
The
roller furler seems to be fine except for the bent
hardware.
The tube is another story. It’s just split about 5 inches. Can I just trim that away? I noticed some people had what looked like pvc pipe at the top probably to help prevent part of what happened to me.
Thanks for the expertise.
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