[Public-List] Stiff Main Sheave

[John Birch]

Hi Brennan,

If the uppers are on the same bolt there is no safe way to do this work 
aloft.

Do yourself a favour and take the stick down, much easier than working 
aloft.

Take everything apart, give it all a good cleaning, inspect the wire 
terminals etcetera and put the stick back up.

Ending up in a wheelchair to save a few bucks at a mast hoist is not worth 
the risk.

Up here in Canada we pull and put up our sticks annually and I suspect our 
rigs are in much better shape because of it. Its really quite easy. A pain, 
I know taking the sails off and all, but with the stick down the work is 
fairly straightforward.

Just my 2 cents anyway.

Best of luck.

John

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brennan Carney" <brennan.carney at selu.edu>
To: <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 4:45 PM
Subject: [Public-List] Stiff Main Sheave


> It looks like my main sheave has some rust on it which is keeping it from
> turing as smoothly as it should. Can anyone say if it will be safe to go 
> up
> the mast and repair this? The problem is that the uppers are connected to
> the same bolt that the sheave is on so we would have to disconnect them.
> Lowers, fore and back stays will be unaffected.
>
> Thanks,
>
> BTC
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