[C320-list] Main Halyard

[Irving Grunes]

Tim,
You are a genius for remembering that.

An 8 to 10 inch piece of bicycle chain goes over the sheaves easily, can be
threaded with the chain on edge, and is what all the riggers use.

Irv Grunes
#851

On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 9:08 PM, Timothy Grennan <grennantim at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> A bicycle chain on a messenger works well.
>
>  Tim Grennan
>  Evening Star  #843
>
> hcreech at comcast.net wrote:
>  Years ago when my main halyard broke because the wrong type shakle was
> attached to it and eventually cut through. I was new to this stuff and did
> not know any better . A buddy and I replaced it. One of us went topside and
> dropped the end of the halyard from the top of the mast so we could mark it
> by dropping it down the outside of the mast and then marking the length
> where it would be just below the access holes where the halyard exits the
> mast. We then attached fishing weights to the end that would be coming down
> the mast. We dropped the weighed end until we came to the mark then fished
> it out with a coat hanger. It took several tries but was not as hard as I
> thought it would be, but it did require two people.
> Sincerely,
> Herb Creech
> Cloud Chaser #606
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Charles Greenwell"
> > Any ideas on how to run a new main halyard when there is no messenger
> line in
> > the mast? Is this a job for a rigger?
> >
> > I climbed up there and tried but could not get the new messenger or
> halyard to
> > run down the mast.
> >
> > I won't go into the details on why I need to do this… lets just say the
> trimmer
> > was a little over zealous on the hoist and at 6' 2" and 240 lbs of
> muscle, I was
> > a little reluctant to smack him upside the head.
> >
> > Randy
> >
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> --
> Sincerely,
> Herb Creech
> Cloud Chaser #606
>
>
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