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Phredde
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Initially Posted - 01/11/2002 :  17:49:52  Show Profile
The jib halyard on my Catalina 25 is stuck up at the top of the mast. No amount of whipping, yanking, jerking, has gotten it free.

I'm a big guy, not much of a climber, and not too comfortable with heights. And of course there is a fair bit of swell
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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 01/11/2002 :  18:13:25  Show Profile
The wire halyard has probably jumped off a broken sheave at the masthead and jammed.
The easiest fix is to borrow a bosun's chair (aka a "butt bucket") and winch some co-operative lightweight up the mast...using the main halyard to hoist.
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Mark Maxwell
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Response Posted - 01/11/2002 :  18:30:44  Show Profile
Simple....just drop the mast.<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

Really it's not that hard. Ask around your dock for some help.

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Rick Heaverly 86 C25 5382
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Response Posted - 01/11/2002 :  19:59:11  Show Profile
I agree with Mark. Drop the mast. Guy's that trailer their boats do it all the time. Not that much more difficult while in the water with a couple extra hands.

Second option, does your marina or one close by have a crane?

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ian
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Response Posted - 01/11/2002 :  23:59:09  Show Profile
I kinda did both. I dropped the mast with the help of a few friends, and it wasn't too bad. Some notes: If you are going to remove the rigging for whatever reason, label the snot out of it. I had to, as my turnbuckles were seized up and I had to remov
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JD van Wyhe
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Response Posted - 01/12/2002 :  14:11:05  Show Profile
The same thing happened to me a couple of years ago. I went up the mast to free the halyard and discovered that the wire halyard had come off the sheave and become wedged beside the sheave. Closer inspection revealed that the halyard sheave had several
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andy p
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Response Posted - 01/12/2002 :  19:24:03  Show Profile
If I were a circus performer I might think otherwise, but the folks at Catalina recommend the average C25 owner stay far away from the masthead and say they're right. And I don't think it's simply out of fear of litigation either as some in the past have
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jim blotter
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Response Posted - 01/13/2002 :  08:57:48  Show Profile
We had ours jump off while on a trip last summer. Believe me just reaching to the top of the mast from the bosun chair was a stretch. After looking into the problem we found the sheave had cracked on the sides and in tend to replace.
If there is any way
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Douglas
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Response Posted - 01/13/2002 :  13:08:50  Show Profile  Visit Douglas's Homepage
You will be surprised at how cheap it is to replace the mast sheves. I bought new ones from Catalina Direct and I think they were 12 dollars. I also had to replace the mast head due to finding a rather large crack in it where the previous owner has struck
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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 01/13/2002 :  14:14:57  Show Profile
My wire halliard jumped off the sheave a couple times. In addition to replacing both sheaves, I cut a circle, the same size as the sheave, out of a plastic "for sale" sign that I got from a hardware store. I put the plastic circle between the two sheaves.
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capfrank
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Response Posted - 02/02/2002 :  12:31:52  Show Profile  Visit capfrank's Homepage
I own a 1978 Cat 25, and have replaced the wire sheaves with line sheaves. I thought about the wire to rope halyards, but decided against it. All this was down with the mast down. The wire ropes can chafe against your mast, and also discolor it. I do have
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Phredde
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Response Posted - 02/05/2002 :  20:01:38  Show Profile
Thank you everyone for your good advice. After almost convinving my girlfriend it wouldn't be so bad up there, we ended up dropping the mast instead. Using the advice in the tech tips, the result was no damage to body parts nor the neighboring boats in
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Ed Montague
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Response Posted - 02/06/2002 :  01:20:22  Show Profile
I am pretty sure that you can purchase a kit from Catalina Direct at a very reasonable cost with everything you will need for the all rope halyards. I purchased the sheaves from CD and then bought the line from the local West Marine. Turned out CD's kit
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Phredde
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Response Posted - 02/07/2002 :  15:29:10  Show Profile
Thanks Ed, very useful feedback since I'm pricing the all rope solution right now.

Are you happy with the result?

Phredde
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Ed Montague
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Response Posted - 02/07/2002 :  20:35:48  Show Profile
Phredde, After purchasing my boat and on the very first sail, I really cut myself badly on the 'meat hooks' caused by the frayed wire halyards. Boy that hurts and is a good way to ruin a day sailing. My first project, of course, was to get rid of the w
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