I’ve had all rope halyards on my boat for about 15 years and have never needed to add extra cover to reduce chafe. I’d give it a try and see if you need to do it before going to the trouble of adding the cover.
Just my two cents. Mike Brannon Virginia Lee 93295 C&C 36 CB Virginia Beach, VA > On Mar 11, 2020, at 1:29 PM, Paul Hood via CnC-List <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I had a wire/rope halyard break late fall. It had a lot of age and broke on > the wire at the sheave. I was going to replace all halyards to rope this > spring. Comments in general are making me think. Sheaves seams fine still. > Joel, what is a halyard end cover? > > Paul Hood > '81 C&C34 Georgian bay > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 11:12:37 -0400 > From: Joel Aronson <[email protected]> > To: cnc-list <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Stus-List wire-to-rope vs rope > Message-ID: > <CAEL16P8Q0Eq5SZKygxYLZeqVaktwUD0=Bz86+9fZ=cscsgj...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Joe, > Unless the sheave was damaged, it should not be an issue. You could add a > cover to the end of the halyard. > Joel > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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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