Sorry man you and your crew gonna have to figure that out. If me i would not even ask here for that
On Fri, Jul 5, 2019 at 1:32 PM ALAN BERGEN via CnC-List < [email protected]> wrote: > Two possibilities: > > 1. It's possible that any loose wiring near the sheave at the top of the > mast is getting pulled into the sheave. It happened to me, and I had to > splice all the wires at the masthead. Try pulling the halyard back down. > Even a little will help. Then tension the wiring from where it exits the > mast (probably inside the cabin where the mast enters the cabin). Finally > try hoisting again. > > 2. If your halyard is twisted around another halyard, it won't be able to > move. Try loosening any other halyards, and then try to move the jib > halyard up or down. > > If neither of those suggestions work, you'll have to go up the mast to see > where the problem lies, or drop the mast. > > In either case, don't try to force it. You could make matters worse. It > shouldn't take much more force than you usually apply, to resolve the > problem. > > Alan Bergen > 35 Mk III Thirsty > Rose City YC > Portland, OR > > On Fri, Jul 5, 2019 at 8:11 AM Paul via CnC-List <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 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://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.paypal.me_stumurray&d=DwIGaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=9w3G7Cf8YfQnrjmtuNxwDJYr3JMv9f1pAfgAJ9xXYQQ&m=kFGbDTskuo3CUyjQsyoLbzdKvdITI9i8SpGMtphQkLg&s=9H11gHFVrum0BPb-wmMvYW9pNRqMMyGrGm3i7VoW8ig&e= >> >> _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile
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