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vdotmatrix
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Initially Posted - 05/18/2019 :  18:18:09  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
We still have a wired main halyard on this boat? I was going to take a trip up the mast in the boson chair but couldnt make myself do it. I always tie a loop in a halyard and clip a locking beiner to it and then the chair. Made me nervous...

Erik Cornelison
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Response Posted - 05/19/2019 :  07:44:54  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Send a kid up......

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Erik Cornelison
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1986 Standard Rig SW. #5234
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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 05/19/2019 :  08:55:30  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The problem with using a bosun's chair on a wire halyard, is that the wire, with the weight of the person, will eat through the masthead sheave.
Derek Crawford
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1981 C-25 TR/FK #2262 Used to have an '89 C22 #9483, "Downsized"
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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 05/19/2019 :  13:05:21  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Unless the wire has been replaced recently, I wouldn't send anyone up on it.
Steve Milby J/24 "Captiva Wind"
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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 05/20/2019 :  06:42:29  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
And if you replace it, it should be with all-rope (including new sheaves). Stretch is no longer an issue. There are lots of threads here on the subject. Search the C-25 forum for "rope halyard".
Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 05/28/2019 :  16:36:53  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
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Originally posted by Stinkpotter

And if you replace it, it should be with all-rope (including new sheaves). Stretch is no longer an issue. There are lots of threads here on the subject. Search the C-25 forum for "rope halyard".


X2...just replace my halyards, Genoa was a rope-wire model from the olden days. Replaced the sheaves with new ball bearing style from CD, works great and makes much less noise when the wind blows them against the mast!
-Mark
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