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sagetips
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Initially Posted - 04/30/2012 :  16:33:39  Show Profile  Visit sagetips's Homepage
Hi -

I have a 1981 C25 that I bought late last season and am now getting ready to put back in the water. Over the winter I dropped the mast to check things out and ended up replacing the 4 masthead sheaves, mast light and wire/rope halyards. Unfortunately, I did not take a photo of the halyard setup and want to make sure I put things back together correctly. Can some of you experienced folks confirm whether the following is the correct halyard setup? All halyards on the boat are external:

JIB HALYARD - run over two sheaves - wire fore of mast to Hood furler; rope aft of mast

MAIN HALYARD - run over two sheaves - wire aft of mast to mainsail; rope fore of mast

Does it matter whether the main/jib halyards are on the port or starboard set of sheaves? There's a winch on the port side of the mast which I assume is for the main, but I doubt I'll be using it. Does this mean the main should be on the portside sheaves?

The diagrams in the owners manual online didn't give enough detail for me to figure this out...though it did help me figure out that the slightly longer wire halyard is for the jib.

Thanks in advance for any help anyone can provide.

Tim
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awetmore
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Response Posted - 04/30/2012 :  16:50:23  Show Profile
Finally, a thread where I have some useful personal experience.

I have mine running the same way as you. My main halyard is on the starboard side with my jib halyard on the port side. I moved that winch to the cabin top, and run my main halyard to the starboard cabin top with the jib halyard on the port cabintop (I got a matching Lewmar 7 winch, so there is one on each side).

I switched to all rope halyards when I changed sheaves. It's nice having them be so much quieter, and it means that I can replace them in the future without dropping the mast.

Note that you can change the halyard routing (including which side does what) even with the mast up for either rope or wire halyards. The important part is just to have lines going over the sheaves. If you do this with wire halyards you'll just need to run a messenger line up the mast with the halyard so that you can pull it back down later.
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jerlim
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Response Posted - 04/30/2012 :  16:54:09  Show Profile
From my experience, I think it does not matter.
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Bill Holcomb
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Response Posted - 05/02/2012 :  07:17:08  Show Profile
Hi Tim,
Because you can increase or decrease the tension on the mainsail luff with a Cunningham, the winch on the port side of the mast is for the jibsail. With the winch you can increase the jibsail luff tension adequately for breezier conditions.
Bill Holcomb - C25 Snickerdoodle #4839
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