[C320-list] Replacing The Outhaul Line

[donjohn50 at roadrunner.com]

Thanks for the information Irv, but I was sure hoping someone might have a better answer. That sounds painful, but not much life left in this ole line, so I'll have to figure something out sometime soon!

Don
#53

---- Irving Grunes <igrunes at gmail.com> wrote: 
> Don
> The outhaul line #851 is shown in the Charleston Spar Manual on the website.
> It goes up into the boom then thru a floating block and then the end is
> fixed to the boom(inside) some place near the mast.
> There is a line from a becket on the block that comes out the end of the
> boom for the outhaul.
> 
> You can see this if you pull the outhaul line out of the boom and see the
> block and how its fastened to give a 2:1 advantage to control the main clew.
> 
> Short of pulling the boom and and undoing the rivets at the gooseneck, I
> have no idea as to how to replace that line.
> I have not run across anyone who has done that on this list.
> 
> Irv Grunes #851
> 
> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 12:51 AM, <donjohn50 at roadrunner.com> wrote:
> 
> > My outhaul line is frayed and almost gone & I need to replace the line.
> > The line goes into the boom and transitions to a light cable inside the
> > boom which exits the rear of the boom and attaches to the sail. I was
> > looking at some historical discussions on this topic, but didn't see a
> > conclusive answer as to how to do it.
> >
> > Anybody know if you can attach a messenger line to the old (rope) line,
> > and pull through the cable followed by the old line and trailing messenger,
> > and then reverse the process with new line? If not this way, any guidance
> > on how to do it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks much.
> >
> > Don Johnson
> > #53
> >
> >