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GaryW
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Initially Posted - 07/18/2006 :  18:28:29  Show Profile
Does anyone have good experience or advise about how to reinstall a halyard inside the mast? When I went to re-rig the boat this season, my jib halyard was neatly coiled and stowed, not where it belonged! Thanks.
Gary Wade
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Lightnup
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Response Posted - 07/18/2006 :  18:49:36  Show Profile
My jib halyard recently broke at the masthead. I sent a small, wiry guy in a bosun's chair to the top of the mast with a new halyard. He lowered it down the inside of the mast (I had sewn a smaller line to the end and attached a dozen lead fishing weights to give it some heft) while I removed the exit block and retrieved the halyard as it dropped low enough.

Now, if you're talking about how to do it while the mast is unstepped, I can't help you there.

Steve
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Bubba
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Response Posted - 07/18/2006 :  19:49:33  Show Profile
If the mast is unstepped, get a wire snake - the kind electricians use to pull wiring. You can get one at Home Depot pretty cheap.

If the mast is up, Steve's system is as good as it gets.
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lcogge01
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Response Posted - 07/18/2006 :  21:50:06  Show Profile
When I was moving the boat last weekend, I also lost my main halyard in the mast. I went to Home Depot and purchased a 200' roll of wire used to string a cloths line ($4.50), lowered the mast onto the crutch and then used a little duct tape and attached the halyard to the wire and pushed it through the mast. It really wasn't that big of a deal at all.

I really didn't feel that safe going up on a bosun's chair....
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britinusa
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Response Posted - 07/19/2006 :  05:45:33  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
If the mast is down, use the Backstay as a snack, it's easy to get it to run from the masthead down to the cutout. We did ours on launch day when I screwed up and pulled the wrong line at the masthead. Takes about 5mins. (2 people makes it real easy.)

If the mast is up, the back stay is in use

Paul
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