Hello listers, One of my 2 wire-rope jib halyards got “stuck” doing a pre-start sail change before a race last week. Wind was 18 knots and gusting so the sail was flogging around a bit. Water was pretty flat due to offshore breeze so not a lot of pitch/roll action of the boat. Most of the wire is exposed (shackle is about 4 feet off the deck). I initially thought that the wire might have jumped the sheave but a trip to the masthead revealed nothing - sheave turns smoothly and cable is not fouled at the mast head fitting. Am unable to budge the halyard up or down, but there is a tiny amount of play when changing direction of pull (maybe an inch or so). A cable conduit was installed 2 years ago but there have not been any issues to date relative to the running of internal halyards.
Currently using the spin halyard as an alternative (the other jib halyard runs through a restrainer for the furler swivel and the luff on the #1 is too long to fit the furling gear. I’m wondering if the catch is happening near the top where the wire-to-rope transition is. Perhaps at the upper shroud toggles? Has anyone encountered this before and resolved without pulling the mast? Add put a line on the shackle and run it through a snatch block at the stem head fitting and back to a halyard winch and give it slightly stronger pull than just arm strength? Thanks Paul D. Saxton C&C 29 MK I Boomerang _______________________________________________ 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
