Sam,
There should be no need to drop the rig. A weight on the end of the line should
suffice.
A bent clothes hanger is great for fishing the line out through the exit.
I’ve known some to use a metal weight on the line and then use a magnet to
guide it through, but I’ve run a few over the years and never needed to go that
route.
All the best,
Edd
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Edd M. Schillay
Captain of the Starship Enterprise
C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B
City Island Yacht Club | City Island, NY
www.StarshipSailing.com
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914.774.9767 | Mobile
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On Jan 21, 2019, at 5:30 PM, Rodney Meryweather via CnC-List
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
Sam
I did have a similar issue myself. I found that by taking a 1ft piece
of 3/8ths twisted Cable to feed it in over the sheaves to begin the process at
the top of the mast attached to a drop line works best. The twisted cable acted
as the weight.
On my 35 I was able to take out the bottom pulley system from the mast
and then fish out the line as it passed down by the opening.
Rodney Meryweather
865-755-8860
rmeryweat...@mac.com
<Scuba_Smile.bmp>
>
>
> From: Sam Tunanidas <socyt...@gmail.com>
> Subject: Stus-List Lost halyard
> Date: January 21, 2019 at 4:19:50 PM EST
> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
>
>
> My mainsail halyard got away from me on my LF38 and diappeared into the mast
> so I pulled it all the way out. Boat is currently on the hard. I'm sure I'm
> not the first to make this mistake. Has anyone had luck just dropping a
> weighted messenger line down from the top of the mast with the rig up or am I
> going to have to drop the rig
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