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kinsale
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Initially Posted - 06/30/2003 : 11:54:28

Has anyone used the external halyard with the CDI? I've been told it will bind or wrap around the foil. It does not wrap, there is no slack for it to be able to do so. It only binds, at the very last foot of the sail. Even then I am not sure if the binding is being caused by the way I have the CDI set.

I am going to try to go back to the internal, I just wanted to check if anyone has been able to do this.

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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 06/30/2003 : 12:27:16

Don't think an external halyard would work. The CDI avoids the upper rotating assembly on furlers which don't use an integrated halyard. I have to agree with those who feel the halyard would simply get wrapped around the upper section of stay until the slack is gone and then it binds.

I'm guessing here... Is the reason for wanting to use an external halyard is to avoid dealing with a forgotten to intall return line? I've heard of some rather resourcful tricks for dealing with lost halyards such as tieing a tag line onto the spare halyard with a hook made of coat hanger wire made to the hoisting shackle. Working the tag line and halyard against each other can produce some interesting fishing... give it a try. I'm betting the bowline knot used to make the pig tail section of halyard onto the furler can be snagged. I've never needed to do this... but would give it a try before dropping the mast or climbing it.

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kinsale
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Response Posted - 06/30/2003 : 15:29:28

Thanks Arlyn. The boatyard that stepped the mast, and launched me, did not observe the messenger line I tied to each end of the internal halyard before the mast was stepped. They deny that they did this, but because the line was up too high, I could not with any success bring the line down to hoist the jib. It was a Saturday, no one around to help, so I took the risk and used the external halyard. There is some binding and the jib does not furl in 100% without some struggle.

I just called the boatyard and they said they have a boom and I can just pull into their dock, they will try to bring down the halyard.

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