Halyard routing thru masthead????

[Gary]

84' H31My camera was dropped and its brains scrambled so I'll have to try to describe this the best I can. My mast is down and today I removed the masthead "plate" which reveals the shieves. There are 3 pairs of shieves....one forward, one aft, and one in the middle very close to the forward shieves. The jib halyard runs straight up and meets the shieve very nicely and out to the jib sail. However, on the mainsail side, just before the halyard reaches the masthead, it turns and goes around a metal bar and then on to the shieve. There has got to be a lot of chafe and friction as it rubs this bar. Could it be that someone routed the halyard wrong? Also, I can't figure out what the purpose of the pair of shieves in the center are for. They are so close to the jib shieves, I wonder if they are to prevent the halyard from jumping off the shieve. Could they be spares shieves to pull out and install in an emergency? I finally got a free weekend coming up to get all this done, so any help is appreciated.

 

[Alan]

You are right, a camera would be very helpful. I have read your post a couple of times trying to visualize the whole thing. It leaves too many questions. I think you are going to need photos. Regarding the main halyard and the extra turning point. All halyards should be on sheeves at every turning point. The friction on the halyard would be very high making it very difficult to raise the main without sheeves.

 

[Steve Dion]

Rig-rite has the parts.

Gary:I believe that you can go to the Rig-rite site to get the parts that are needed. They may also have a schematic too.

 

[Patrick Lombard]

Masthead

Breakdown photo of mastheadThe pin aft is for fixed cable topping liftNext two sheeves and for halyard topping lift or pennantCenter two sheeves are for main halyards and there are two square holes where the halyard exit the masthead

 

[Patrick Lombard]

Masthead Parts

Breakdown photo of masthead