[C320-list] Masthead sheaves - access

[Martin Rosenberg]

This is a bit late but I also had the same problem when I removed my main
halyard one year to wash it. I ended up going up the mast and learned never
to use a small messenger line again. Use clothes-line (cheap) and make sure
to attach it well to the line when pulling it back through.
Martin Rosenberg


On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 5:00 PM, Graeme Clark <cg at skyflyer.co.uk> wrote:

> When we de-rigged our boat last winter we attached a thin 'mousing' line
> to the spinnaker halyard so we could draw it back up the mast this spring
> when we re-rigged.
>
> It jammed!  I think what happened is that as the join of the halyard and
> mousing line went over the sheave in the masthead it jumped it and the thin
> mousing line wedged between the edge of the sheave and the side of the
> block.
>
> I've been up the mats to have a look, but  - unlike the boom end - the
> masthead sheaves and blocks are enclosed with a 'cap' and both view and
> access are minimal.
>
> Does anyone have any bright ideas how to undo this jam in situ or do we
> have to un-step the mast?
>
> Thanks
>
> Graeme
> #303, 1996, Falmouth, UK