Was wondering if any others have had this issue and how you resolved it. Last evening and again 2 weeks earlier on spinnaker takedown after jib up the spinnaker halyard got stuck inside the luff track on the aluminum foil. It was from the top and extended down at least 10 feet each time. The Spin was down far enough that we could reach the head and unclip the halyard but the halyard was seized each time with approx. bottom 30 feet free and then next ten feet inside the foil. It seemed to be the unused track in the foil each time (last evening stbd track while jib was hoisted port track).
This is something that until 2 weeks ago I had never encountered and not thought possible. Last year there was some fray on the outer cover of the port side spin halyard. We took it to our rigging shop and they stripped the cover off the sail end of the halyard and turned it end for end. This will give us an additional 4-5 years out of the halyard. We had done the same with Stbd spin halyard 2 seasons before. The halyards are some variation of a high tech rope similar to spetra but came with the boat when we purchased it. My best guess is that the now much thinner and flatter halyard enters at the top edge of the foil under certain conditions on take down. It is our belief that changing our takedown routine a bit (such as releasing halyard sooner and more quickly) may resolve this. Also thinking that some sort of cap on top of foil may help Anyone else experience this and how did you fix it? (oh .. and we were able to use stbd halyard for the remainder of the race) Mike Persistence Frers 33 #16 Halifax, NS www.hoytsailing.com _______________________________________________ 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
