[C320-list] Mainsail Halyard Replacement

[Warren Updike]

Removing a part of a halyard every few years also moves the point on the halyard where it sits both when loaded and when slack. Not a bad idea. Allow a few feet extra on a halyard so you can do this.

Warren and Pattie Updike
1994 C320 "Warr de Mar" #62
Middle River, Chesapeake Bay

-----Original Message-----
From: Marek Fluder [mailto:marekf at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 2:07 PM
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Mainsail Halyard Replacement

I am replacing my main halyard due to "hernia"
<https://goo.gl/photos/Z5RS7d8LaFnXY4QRA> it developed from rope clutch.
I intend to cut off a small portion every year to prevent this from
happening.
Extra length might be useful in the long run.

Marek
#1028
Lake Ontario

On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 1:08 PM, Mark Cole <boatnboot at q.com> wrote:

> Joe;
>
> I just replaced my main halyard with 3/8” Samson XLS (extra low stretch)
> for $0.62/ft at a local (Seattle) chandlery.  I had previously replaced the
> jib halyard and ordered the 115’ recommended in the manual and that was
> about 10’ too much, so I went with 105’ this time and that turned out to be
> about right- I have about 6’ left in the cockpit when the main shackle is
> stored at the chainplates.  I taped and tied the new halyard to the old and
> pulled it through with no hang-up at all.  The only issue I’m now having is
> that the new halyard is nice and clean and a little slipperier than the old
> halyard and the rope clutch doesn’t grip it as tightly.  I’m going to have
> to adjust the rope clutch and I think that problem will go away…
>
> Mark Cole
> Fiddler’s Green, #8
>
> > On Apr 17, 2017, at 6:20 PM, Bill Hutt <bhutt at windstream.net> wrote:
> >
> > Joe,
> >
> > I replaced mine with a standard halyard from Annapolis Performance
> Sailing. Good value and they send you messenger line to pull the new one
> through.
> >
> > Bill Hutt
> > "Caribbean Soul" #570
> > Cleveland, Ohio
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> >> On Apr 17, 2017, at 8:38 PM, Joseph R Aberdale <summerwind3 at comcast.net>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I need to replace the mainsail halyard on my 2002  320. The manual
> calls for 115 feet of 3/8 “ diameter line. I would appreciate your
> recommendations regarding the length, diameter, material and a brand.
> >>
> >> Thank you.
> >>
> >> Joe Aberdale
> >> #908
> >> Morning Star
> >
>
>