[alberg30] Jammed main Halyard cable

[John Birch]

From: John Birch <sunstone at idirect.com>

Personally I like wire with rope tails for the lower stretch of the wire.
The solution of reducing dacron stretch with special cores of Kevlar or
spectra seem a circuitous and expensive route back to the similar
characteristics of wire.   Stay with wire, take the mast down and shim the
sheave so you won't get a jump and when you change halyards go up a size in
the wire.  They used to use Tufnell sheaves which can split, get a large
diameter aluminium one and make sure the wire can't squeeze between then
sheave and side.   Some times 1/32 teflon shims will reduce friction but it
can't be any thicker.

Check your spreader bases if they're wood, think about getting a nice pair
of air foils in aluminium.    The wood tends to rot in the aluminium sleeve.

Use Norseman's or Staloc's if you're changing the shrouds.  Check out
Norseman Marine in Ft Lauderdale Fla.

John

Dick Filinich wrote:

> From: Dick Filinich <daf at mobiletel.com>
>
> Think I'm gonna start a book on my single handed mishaps.I'm sure this
> has happened to some of you over the years.Was going out for an
> afternoon sail today,work slow in shipyard,three feet from the top the
> main halyard cable jammed I was still in protected waters,but the cable
> wouldn't go either way.Tried using headsail winch with rope to pull sail
> down no luck.I removed sail from boom and wrapped it around the mast as
> best I could and return to marina,lost a couple of battens from sail
> whipping against shrouds,tore ends of batten pockets.Friend hoisted me
> up and was able to drop sail,so now I'm gonna do what I should have done
> when I first bought the boat,take the mast down,buff and paint it and
> repair anything that looks like trouble.Sheave had wear on it from cable
> sliding over it,probably been that way for a while.My boat is 1965 the
> winch has a brake on it,maybe original equipment.Has anyone converted
> from cable to rope on main halyard?Is it worth the effort to convert or
> should I just take the mast down and make sure top hard ware is in good
> working order?Any thoughts on this matter will be appreciated.
>
> "High Spirits"# 191 Galliano,La.  Dick Fillinich
> P.S I hope I'm not the only one who goes through these adrenalin rushes.

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