halyards

[DOUG CROSS]

DOES ANY ONE KNOW THE CORRECT LENGTH OF A MAIN & JIB HALYARD FOR A 78 HUNTER25. IS 60 FT LONG ENOUGH? THE MAST IS 28'8" IVE RECIEVED NEW ONES FOR CHRISTMAS,MY BOAT IS COVERED FOR WINTER STORAGE.THE ONES I RECIEVED ARE 60' IN AFRAID TO KEEP THEN I FEEL THEY ARE TO SHORT. THEY ARE STA X 5/16.THANKS FOR ANY HELPDOUG

 

[Jim]

Hunter provided me with the following specs: both main and jib halyards are 61' long, with a line diameter of 3/8". Hope this helps. Regards, Jim

 

[R. A. Brown]

60' halyards

I have an '82 H25 (Box top). Have rerigged both main and jib halyards with 60' length and find that, with the jib halyard fastened to the lifeline tab on the pulpit and the main halyard kept fastened to the (lowered) mainsail, both have enough length for the bitter end (tail) to remain fastened to the mast cleats with a stopper knot. There is enough slack to make a couple of loose turns on the cleats after belaying.  Go for it.

 

[Peter]

Halyard length

Sounds like 60 ft is just enough, but a little extra length will give your halyards a LOT more life. I replaced my halyards last year using bulk line instead of premade halyards. I bought about 10 feet more line than I needed.Halyards chafe at the cleat and where they go over the sheaves when cleated. When the chafe starts to show, all I have to do is cut off a couple of feet of line at the shackle end and refasten to put unworn line on the sheaves and cleat. This can be done several times and the halyards will still be long enough.If the halyard is the exact length to begin with, you'll have to replace the whole thing when it starts to chafe.PeterH23 "Raven"

 

[DOUG]

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