[Public-List] conversion of main halyard sheave for use of rope instead of wire

[C.B. Currier]

Yeah ... varnish & a mizzen ... doent sound like an A30 ... maybe an
A37 or ???
-- 
C.B. Currier
Infinity #57
Daybreak
#458

edward schroeder wrote:
> David; you mention
varnish on the mast. Are there Alberg 30's that have
> wood
masts?
> Ed Schroeder #303 Emotional Rescue
> 
>
--- On Tue, 6/30/09, David Tessier <dfjtessier at hotmail.com>
wrote:
> 
> 
>
From: David Tessier
<dfjtessier at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [Public-List] conversion
of main halyard sheave for use of rope
> instead of wire
>
To: "Alberg 30 List Start thread"
<public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
> Date: Tuesday, June 30,
2009, 7:42 PM
> 
> 
> 
> I came across the
following (cached version in a Google search) which may
> be of
interest.
> 
> 
> 
>
http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:Bm-0fSB4FnwJ:astro.temple.edu/~bstavis/rr/handbook1.doc+wire+%22reel+winch%22+sailboat&cd=41&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca
> 
> 
> 
> "     I replaced the wire to
rope main and jib halyard with a pre-maid
> 7/16" StaysetX
halyards from Westmarine. The cut in the mast head sheave
> for
the jib looked like it would work fine for the new rope. The main
> sheave had a deep "V" cut for the wire so I filled the
entire "V" with
> West System epoxy with a filler and
let dry. Then I mounted the sheave on
> a very slow turning drill
and used a 7/16th inch round file to make a new
> groove for the
new main halyard.
>      They have both worked great for the last
year and a half and I am
> sure my varnish on the mast is much
better for the change, My mizzen
> already has an all rope halyard
but any required sheave modifications
> would have been the same
as with the main... "
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> David
> 
> TROIS BOULEAUX #319
>

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