I believe it is very poor seamanship to allow one's halyards to slap the mast. In the first place, the halyard is chafing on the mast and will wear out faster. I also damages the finish on the mast, over time. More maintenance and expense, never mind the noise.
Every one of our stanchions has two supporting metal pieces fore and aft that can be used for attaching blocks (roller furler), or snatch blocks. We just take the halyards forward to two stanchion bases and they are far from the mast and cannot make noise. If we had a main halyard it could also go to one of these, aft of the mast.
Silence is golden.
Every one of our stanchions has two supporting metal pieces fore and aft that can be used for attaching blocks (roller furler), or snatch blocks. We just take the halyards forward to two stanchion bases and they are far from the mast and cannot make noise. If we had a main halyard it could also go to one of these, aft of the mast.
Silence is golden.
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