I have a 1985 Catalina 30 TRBS. I have unstepped the mast over the winter to inspect it and do some maintenance. Planning to replace the halyards, and then I notice that one of the three halyards is running inside the PVC electrical conduit together with the electrical wires for the mast lights. The other 2 halyards are not running in the conduit. To me it seems strange to run the halyard together with the electrical wires inside the conduit, and I am planning to change it to run together with the other two outside the conduit, but of course still inside the mast. Can anybody offer advise or recommendations about this. Roland
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Roland The halyards should be outside the conduit. The only thing inside should be the wires. That stops the dreaded mast slap. Just think of the abrasion on the wires if the halyard is being used regularly. Stu
Roland The halyards should be outside the conduit. The only thing inside should be the wires. That stops the dreaded mast slap. Just think of the abrasion on the wires if the halyard is being used regularly. Stu
halyard
roland Stu is likely right - it is a halyard , is it? Could it be a feeder line to pull wires through the conduit? not likely but just thought i'd ask.
roland Stu is likely right - it is a halyard , is it? Could it be a feeder line to pull wires through the conduit? not likely but just thought i'd ask.
It really is the halyard
It is really the halyard that is inside the conduit. When I pull it out, I will pull through and leave a thin line in the conduit in case I want to add another electrical wire in the future. Thanks for your responses. Roland
It is really the halyard that is inside the conduit. When I pull it out, I will pull through and leave a thin line in the conduit in case I want to add another electrical wire in the future. Thanks for your responses. Roland
What we did when we replaced internal halyards...
Hi Roland! Let's see if I can explain this - Pull the halyard inside the conduit completely out of the mast. This will be your "new" halyard. One of your existing halyards will be the "old" one in this explanation. With the mast unstepped, at the mast base where the halyards exit the mast, we butted the bitter end of the old halyard we were going to discard to the new one and securely taped them together with duct tape. Going to the masthead, we gently pulled the old halyard from the top up through the mast leading the new one. Make sure you don't cross or twist with the other halyards already in the mast. Since you want to keep the halyard you'll be using to lead the other one through, at the same time you're taping one to the other you can also tape a smaller diameter messenger line so that you have two lines (the new halyard and the small messenger line) butting to your old halyard that you're going to pull through. When your new halyard reaches the masthead following the old one, detatch the two halyards keeping the messenger line attached. Go back to the mast base and using the messenger line, pull your old halyard back through. Voila! Mission accomplished!
Hi Roland! Let's see if I can explain this - Pull the halyard inside the conduit completely out of the mast. This will be your "new" halyard. One of your existing halyards will be the "old" one in this explanation. With the mast unstepped, at the mast base where the halyards exit the mast, we butted the bitter end of the old halyard we were going to discard to the new one and securely taped them together with duct tape. Going to the masthead, we gently pulled the old halyard from the top up through the mast leading the new one. Make sure you don't cross or twist with the other halyards already in the mast. Since you want to keep the halyard you'll be using to lead the other one through, at the same time you're taping one to the other you can also tape a smaller diameter messenger line so that you have two lines (the new halyard and the small messenger line) butting to your old halyard that you're going to pull through. When your new halyard reaches the masthead following the old one, detatch the two halyards keeping the messenger line attached. Go back to the mast base and using the messenger line, pull your old halyard back through. Voila! Mission accomplished!
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