Hi Bill, Thanks for your reply. This situation is slightly different as one of our two forward halyards is no longer in place, so I have nothing to connect a new line to in order to pull it through.
Actually, the method you describe is one I use every year. We swap our good halyards for old, beat up line to sit through the harsh winters and store the good stuff below. The "bottom" (cockpit) end of our good halyards have flemish eyes which never receive shackles; the "connecting" end of the old stuff are fused (melted) and taped. I use a needle and waxed thread to push through the taped end, and slide the thread through the "good" stuff's flemish eye so as not to pierce the line itself. Repeat a few times, wrap the thread around the web of loops between the two lines, and pull. Works like a charm -- as long as I have a halyard to attach to! Thanks, David --- In [email protected], Bill Pellegrino <william_pellegr...@...> wrote: > This might be helpful, this year I replaced all four of my halyards with the mast still in place. First I cut the shackles off the halyards using a soldering iron (so they wouldn't fray at the cut). Then I sewed the ends of the halyards together using a sewing awl and very strong nylon thread. Then (keeping tension on both ends of the line) I carefully pulled the new halyard through the mast. It worked like a charm on all four halyards. I bought the sewing awl for about $5 from Harbor Freight, I keep it on the boat
