I was also taught to avoid halyard slapping. In fact we take the main halyard off the sail and run it to the hand railing. No bungee cord needed in our case.
My neighbor, on the other hand, has 3 halyards outside his mast. It makes it difficult to sleep on windy nights. I gave him a bag of bungee cords to no avail. Oh well. --- In [email protected], "jm_wilhelm" <jm_wilh...@...> wrote: > > As I sit here enjoying a cold beverage after a long day at work I can't help to notice the racket coming from another sailboat across the way. One of his halyards seems to be trying to bang its way through the mast. I was just curious if anyone actually enjoys that sound even at the slightest levels it drives me and what would appear everyone else crazy since my neighbor just commented on it. I'm a firm believer in tying halyards away from the mast. Sure you can't always completely cure it especially with internal halyards but at least make some attempt here. That being brought up is it proper to bungee cord someone elses lines...be right back :) >
