Hi Brian We have knots on all main and spin halyards. The boat came that way. We use the same halyard with the roller furling headsail when cruising as we do for Wednesday night races and regattas. The halyards are some variation of a low stretch high tech line possibly ½ inch outer diameter. We have snap shackles on headsail and spin halyards and a sturdier shackle on main. The knots attach the halyards to the shackles. Lots of WL as well as deliveries and some cruising
The biggest concern we have had with the knows is that it limits the luff length of the headsail a bit as we lose as much as one inch of hoist compared to a splice Mike Persistence Frers 33 #16 Halifax http://users.eastlink.ca/~mhoyt From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Nauset Beach via CnC-List Sent: Friday, February 02, 2018 10:00 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Nauset Beach Subject: Re: Stus-List Masthead sheaves > Halyard Knots This is an interesting and very timely thread. I need to replace a genoa halyard and assumed an eye splice would be needed. Had never contemplated a knot on anything larger than a 10’ dinghy. What type of line are people using that are tying any of these knots? Some line is considerably stiffer than others due to the materials used and line construction. NER Stay Set or Samson XLS is probably fairly easy to tie one of these knots. Has anyone tied one of these knots using NER V-100 or Yale Crystalyne? Also are these knots being used mostly when cruising so the halyard goes on the furling genoa at the beginning of the season and does not really come down until the end of the season, or are they used in W/L racing where the genoa goes up and down 3 or more times in a race with 3 races a day? Thanks, Brian
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