| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 426.1 | spend the dough | TILLER::SEARS | Paul Sears, SHR1-4/D27, 237-3783 | Mon Oct 27 1986 13:27 | 5 |
| in my opinion, it would be the best $25 you ever spent, particularly
if you ever go aloft in a bosun's chair attached to the jib halliard!
paul
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| 426.2 | Try West | CDR::FANEUF | | Mon Oct 27 1986 20:00 | 6 |
| West marine sails also offers wire/rope spliced halliards all made
up and ready to go, at reasonable prices.
Ross Faneuf
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| 426.3 | The Arts of the Sailor | GING::GINGER | | Mon Oct 27 1986 20:15 | 15 |
| The best book EVER for rope work is 'The Arts of the Sailor' by
Harvey Garret Smith. The hardcopy versions are long since out of
print, but it was redone in paper back a few years ago and still
turns up in book stores. His illustrations are GREAT.
He does show a wire to rope splice. Its a bit tricky but not
impossible. Ive done both wire to rope and wire splices.
Note to .1- dont ever go up on a halyard with the rope tail on the
winch- the rope is only the 'handle' used to get the wire down to
the winch.
Ron Ginger
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| 426.4 | | GRAMPS::WCLARK | Walt Clark | Tue Oct 28 1986 12:23 | 20 |
| RE: .3
How in the world does one go up on a halyard (wire-rope) without
ever having the rope half only around the winch ? Levitate ?
I dont know about yours, but mine are set so that the rope has just
led off the winch when the halyard is tensioned with sail up. If
the wire was longer, I would have to handle it while tailing. I
would sooner have an all wire halyard/wire winch than handle wire,
or go to an all Kevlar rope for low stretch.
While on the subject of length, should the rope part be on the winch
exclusively, mixed with wire on the winch, or off the winch completely
when a sail is hauled home ? I would tend to favor the first
alternative after seeing what the wire has done to the drum of my
chromed Lewmars, but it would seem a more secure affair in the last
case.
Walt
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| 426.5 | use rope | PULSAR::BERENS | Alan Berens | Tue Oct 28 1986 21:04 | 5 |
| With all the nifty low stretch ropes available now, I see absolutely no
reason for wire halyards (maybe only if you are a fanatic racer). My
rope halyards are seven years old and haven't scratched a winch drum
yet.
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| 426.6 | maybe if it ever wears out... | GRAMPS::WCLARK | Walt Clark | Wed Oct 29 1986 11:45 | 8 |
| Mine came with the boat. If I had to make a choice I would certainly
opt for the super low-stretch ropes too. I make a habit of not
fixing things that "arent broken", and the wire works just fine (since
the sail is in effect up all year, there is a sense of security
in that halyard, and thats nice too).
Walt
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| 426.7 | Just after the winch... | CLUSTA::DAMON | | Fri Oct 31 1986 15:45 | 15 |
| Ref .4
In my experience, tradition, practice and safety all say the wire
should come down the mast, around the winch and part way to the
cleat. Ideally the splice taper will be just off the winch. Take
enough turns on the winch to put the splice in this position.
The main purpose is to relieve the splice (likely the weakest part)
of the heavy strain ahead of the winch and not experience the fatigue
of being wound around the cleat. Any damage to the drum is part
of the price of owning a boat. My experience is that it does no
serious damage - strictly cosmetic. A badge of courage.
Pete
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| 426.8 | | GRAMPS::WCLARK | Walt Clark | Thu Mar 19 1987 17:27 | 8 |
| I just read in the April Cruising World Fix-Up section, a piece
by Katy Burke which insisted that the wire/rope splice remain
above the winch (rope only on the winch).
Anyone know what is really "correct" ?
Walt
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