Brian — I changed out several years ago as well. And as part of my mast rewire/maintenance this year, I’ve changed out the masthead sheaves (two jibs and one main) for single-groove Acetal sheaves, so there’s no going back… :^)
Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( > On May 18, 2016, at 2:22 PM, Robert Boyer via CnC-List > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, changed my halyards out to all rope many years ago. It is much better > all around! > > Bob Boyer > S/V Rainy Days (1983 C&C Landfall 38 - Hull #230) > Blog: dainyrays.blogspot.com <http://dainyrays.blogspot.com/> > Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Annapolis, MD (presently in Baltimore) > > On May 18, 2016, at 3:19 PM, Brian Davis via CnC-List <[email protected] > <mailto:[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"
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