That entire stainless steel assembly is there to try to prevent wear on port and starboard spinnaker halyards, where they exit the mast. We have essentially the same assembly on our mast, on our 37/40. On ours the Genoa halyard does not rub on the bottom plate, it does't touch it at the bottom at all, I don't know why yours does.
This is ours: https://photos.app.goo.gl/LDsMwtvYddqtdVHr7 https://photos.app.goo.gl/sreCcqwbHQapw4io9 Ken Heaton & Anne Tobin S/V Salazar - Can 54955 C&C 37/40 XL - Hull # 67 Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia https://c-c-37-40.blogspot.ca/p/salazar.html On Tue, 7 Apr 2020 at 08:37, David Knecht via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I think I have found the source of the wear on my genoa halyard and I > believe it is the stainless steel piece that all three halyards run > through. The genoa halyard sits against the bottom edge of that plate > where I can imagine it sawing back and forth. You can see it in these > photos: > https://photos.app.goo.gl/cHm4Ddo7wY1eFWug6 > > What is unclear to me is what purpose that piece serves. I don’t see > anything like it on any of the other masts on the mast rack that I have > looked at. I am very tempted to remove it, but wanted the input from the > group before I do that. Thanks- Dave > > S/V Aries > 1990 C&C 34+ > New London, CT > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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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