James, I have looked at Touche's main halyard masthead sheave and box with an eye to replace the existing wire/rope halyard with an all rope halyard. Touche's sheave is a wire sheave not a wire/rope sheave. The sheave box is fairly narrow. So far I've been reluctant to make the conversion. It would require a couple hours work at the masthead to enlarge the opening and install a new box. This would be complicated by the existing hole pattern.
My opinion, and that of some other listers is that a small diameter high tech halyard would work in the existing sheave. However, I have removed the wire winch and run the main halyard aft. I removed the fixed halyard exit sheave at the mast base, covered the hole with a metal plate and installed Garhauer swivel turning blocks for all the halyards, topping lift, etc. The halyards run aft to Lewmar triple rope clutches. As I recall, the wire winch sat on a teak base on the starboard side. I simply plugged the holes with teak bungs. You're welcome to look at pictures of Touche's deck organizers, mast base turning blocks, etc. here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_sb5TfIENvsNll4b3ZwM1B4a28 The holes for the fasteners for the deck organizers and rope clutches are covered by nylon plugs. Here's a pic of the plugs covering the nuts for the rope clutches. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ep3_LqsCzqnnNYUtU6OPFDGGeMoeA3jo I upgraded the cabin top winches to Barient 22's. That required strengthening the deck under the winches. I epoxied additional layers of roving in the access. You're welcome to contact me for any details. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA (Currently lying Pensacola, FL) On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 11:42 AM, Jim via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I have a '71 C&C 35 Mk1 with the original 100% wire main halyard to wire > winch beside the mast. > In February I purchased 8mm (5/16") New England VPC to replace the wire > halyard but have not yet as I believe I need to replace the mast head > sheave (mast still up), remove winch, run line back to the cockpit, etc. > Has anyone made this conversion in the past that could provide advice on > the mast head sheave, removing old wire winch, routing of new rope halyard, > etc.? > Cheers, > James > Flamingo IV, C&C 35-1 > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Edd Schillay via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > *To: *cnc-list@cnc-list.com > *Cc: *"Edd Schillay" <e...@schillay.com> > *Sent: *Sunday, December 10, 2017 10:50:08 AM > *Subject: *Re: Stus-List new haylards > > > Since everyone was expecting me to reply to this one anyway— I’m also very > happy with Warpspeed. :-) > > If you are going to race your boat, you’re going to want the best > no-stretch stuff out there. If you’re a cruiser, you’re going to be happy > with much less expensive line like StaSet or StaSetX. > > Best wishes for a joyous holiday season along with a happy and healthy > (and breezy) new year. > > Edd > > ----------------------------------- > Edd M. Schillay > Captain of the Starship Enterprise > C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B > City Island, New York > www.StarshipSailing.com > ----------------------------------- > 914.774.9767 <(914)%20774-9767> | Mobile > ----------------------------------- > Sent via iPhone 7 > iPhone. iTypos. iApologize > > > On Dec 10, 2017, at 11:27 AM, Josh Muckley via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Consider the PS article in the link below. I've been very happy with Yale > Crystaline and Sampson Warpspeed. > > https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B8pEh5lnvP1ySGpOTUdGRW9xdzQ > > Also consider the excerpt (source unknown) below: > I was taught (by an English race crew) that Mainsail controls are always > green, jib sails blue and spinnakers red. Halyards are solid colors and > sheets, outhauls etc. flecked or with tracers. (By following this > convention, crews are able to move from boat-to-boat without having to be > re-educated.) > > Josh Muckley > S/V Sea Hawk > 1989 C&C 37+ > Solomons, MD > > On Dec 10, 2017 6:08 AM, "T power via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Everyone, >> >> >> I'm looking to replace my foresail and headsail halyard on my C&C 30 MKI, >> my foresail is a combination of wire and rope. The boat is used by new >> sailor for cruising. >> >> Any help would be greatly appreciated. >> >> >> Cheers >> >> >> Tom Power <http://aka.ms/weboutlook> >> Invictus >> C&C 30 MK1 >> Fredericton, NB >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > >
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