Based on some other web source, I used a bicycle chain as a weight (taped onto the end of the new halyard) and caught it using a telescopic magnet through the exit hole. It was a genoa halyard and now I'm wondering if we kept it on the correct side of the spreader bars and if we wrapped around any other halyards. It has been working great for several years, just don't know how to check/prove that. My mast is out, so maybe I'll just re-fish it while it's accessible.
The old halyard chafed through over time from hitting a sharp edge of the furler extrusion while furling without enough tension. It snapped during the second upwind leg of an offshore triangle race we were leading. We were hard on the wind with crew on the rail and a gunshot went off and then the headsail sagged. Initially we were all in shock but after a brief discussion decided we had to switch over to a spinnaker halyard and rehoist the genoa. Since I was the most familiar with the boat and most athletic, I gave over the helm to Brad and ran to the bow to pull down the sail, keep it from going into the water, attach the new halyard and refeed the genoa into the slot of the furler. There was some hollering because of the wind, but never any anger or arguing. John and Mike worked together to ease the sheets and haul the sail up while Brad maintained course and soon we were back up to speed. We don't race that much, so for me it felt like an Americas Cup experience. Two boats passed us during the maneuver and we finished third out of five boats, but I'm proud that we found a solution to an emergency and stayed in the fight. > On January 22, 2019 at 10:02 AM "Matthew L. Wolford via CnC-List" > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Two additional comments that I did not see addressed: 1) especially for > wire halyards, care should be taken to ensure that the halyard is not on the > wrong side of the spreader bar inside the mast, as this could cut into the > bar (probably a non-issue when the mast is up and you’re using gravity to > lead the halyard); and 2) instead of a bent coat hanger, I keep two or three > of those little claw devices on board. (Some even have lighted ends.) They > come in handy for grabbing halyards inside masts, picking up screws dropped > inside pedestals, etc. > > From: Sam Tunanidas via CnC-List mailto:[email protected] > Sent: Monday, January 21, 2019 4:19 PM > To: [email protected] mailto:[email protected] > Cc: Sam Tunanidas mailto:[email protected] > Subject: Stus-List Lost halyard > > 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? All responses appreciated. > > > --------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > > 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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