I have cut the eye off the end of the old wire, and attached a 1/8" messenger line to the wire with tape and lots of overlap. Be sure to tape over the ends of the wire and the line. You don't want loose tails that could hang up at the masthead. Secure the free end of the messenger at the base of the mast. Then pull the rope down. Once the messenger line reaches the bottom of the mast, attach it to the new wire, and pull the messenger back up the mast. This way the rope never has to go over the sheave at the masthead. Of course it won't work if there is an eye already on the new wire...
Bob Stockley Sundance #2436 --- In [email protected], "scott" <restorationfinea...@...> wrote: > > Hi. > I am the new owner of an 1980 Cat. 27 TR. > I am replacing the old and worn out halyards (unknown origin) with wire/rope > halyards from Defender. > The wire dim. is 1/8 and the rope is 3/8. it has 40 ft. of rope and 40 ft of > wire. > Is there any trick to installing them, I intend to lead the the wire attached > to the existing halyard line up and through the sheave. > Originally I ordered all low stretch line 5/16 dim. but it would not pass > through the sheave. > > Thanks for any help. >
