Brian, On the previous Enterprise (C&C 34) and on the current one, I replaced all my wire/rope halyards with Sta-Set X rope halyards. Much less weight aloft and they last a long time.
If you are heavily into racing, there are less-stretch options out there. All the best, Edd Edd M. Schillay Starship Enterprise C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B City Island, NY Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log <http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/> > On May 18, 2016, at 3:19 PM, Brian Davis via CnC-List <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi all, > > Has anyone replaced the halyard for the main with all Dacron? Mine is half > stainless wire and half rope, which seems original based on the owners manual > for the Landfall. The rope part on mine is in bad shape, but the wire seems > good. Regardless, I'm thinking of replacing it all out with new rope. > > Also, does anybody else have an Alado roller furling (alado.com > <http://alado.com/>). I know it's an older model, cut seems in good shape. > Just confused about how the halyards feed through the top pulley piece. This > top piece on most other sailboats seems to slide down and up. Mine is > stationary at the top and I know the halyards are fed through properly... > > Thanks, > > > -- > Brian Davis > 1980 C&C Landfall 38 > "Nina" > > > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> > Virus-free. www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> > > <x-msg://4/#DDB4FAA8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>_______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you like > what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All Contributions > are greatly appreciated!
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