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Has anyone tapered their main halyard? I've got Maffioli Powergrip 8mm on there but have a nasty cover tear about halfway along that I haven't been able to repair well enough for it to last and it gets stuck in the clutch as we hoist and drop.
So I'm considering stripping the cover off from the point of the tear onwards. The problem is that the cover tear is about 45 feet from the end of the line, so I think if I strip the cover off that entire 45 feet, when the sail is hoisted the coverless part of the line will still be in the clutch. Does anyone know the maximum amount of core you can have exposed on the main halyard and still have it grab in the cabin top clutch? The mast I think is about 35 feet high and if we account for about 5 feet of run from the base of the mast to the cabin top clutch, this means a max of about 40 feet of exposed core? Does this sound about right? If this is the case then stripping to cover off my line won't work because I have more than 40 feet at either end after the cover damage. |
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Chris
Eclipse #240 Thunder Bay, ON |
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Bill Layton ![]() Admin Group ![]() ![]() Joined: 15 September 2002 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 530 |
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The original main halyard had 38 feet of wire on it. It was designed so that the wire would exit the mast at full hoist and the wire to rope splice would lie between the mast base and the deck organizer. But that 38' of wire used 4" to nicropress the wire around the shackle and it took into account the the length of the splice approx. 12".
The actual wire length once assembled was approx. 38' minus 16". The total length was 83'. If your halyard is the same overall length then there isn't enough cover left to make it work but if it's a longer halyard then you could move the cover some. Trying to splice an older halyard can be impossible so don't feel bad if you can't get it to work. If you want to know for sure what your options are for that halyard call Alex Nemet at Evolution Yachting in Montreal 438-887-9845 and let him know you are a client and request his advice, tell him I suggested you contact him. This man can splice nearly anything, if not perhaps he has a method to make it work for now.
Edited by Bill Layton - 02 December 2019 at 8:44am |
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My total length right now is 96 feet, so maybe I have enough to get the job done even if I need to shorten it by 5 feet or so. Yeah I know splicing an old halyard can be a pain, but this is just a bury splics so maybe wouldn't be too bad.
Thanks for the advice Bill.
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Chris
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Bill Layton ![]() Admin Group ![]() ![]() Joined: 15 September 2002 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 530 |
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Or go buy a piece of 5/16" double braid polyester line for cheap and use that cover.
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