Stephen, If your boat is like mine, remove the exit block from the bottom of the mast. This should let you get the old line out. You probably will have to attach a messenger line to the old halyard so you can pull the new one. Make sure your connections are secure. I have not worked with wire but with line I sew and tape the connection. The new one should pull just fine as it has a tapered splice.
John 5874 85 TR -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Stephan Debelle Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 8:33 AM To: [email protected] Subject: catalina27-talk: Main halyard replacement Hello, I am planning on replacing my main halyard on my Catalina 27 (standard rig). I believe the sheave & winch are the original set up, the current halyard is currently made of about 30' of steel cable with a snap shackle on the cable end and about 50' of what looks like a 3/8 line attached to a an eye on the cable. As the eye on the cable is crimped with and the eye being somewhat large, the 3/8 line won't fit through the sheave. I am wondering if a 3/8 line would fit through the sheave? Do I need cable and line? I was looking at buying this replacement but I am wondering now how I will be feeding it through the sheave? http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1|118|75227|753823&id=75388 <http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1%7C118%7C75227%7C753823&id=75388 > Any insight welcome:-) -- Stephan
