My Catalina 28 I just bought has a problem with the halyard for the main sale and the line to the Dutchman system. The boom line is completely seized and the main halyard is very hard to pull up and down. Has anyone had this problem and a fix?
main sale halyard sticking
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It may be a seized turning block. On top of course.
I had a problem with the main halyard sticking up on my new Mac 26D. I didn't check the turning block on top to see if it spun before I rigged the mast. Apparently it doesn't! It was hard getting the sail up the first time and every time now and I have to yank on the bolt rope to get it down.
I am going to replace the turning block and add a double block for topping lift etc. when I get time to get the mast down.
Can you send someone up to take a look?
Good luck.
I had a problem with the main halyard sticking up on my new Mac 26D. I didn't check the turning block on top to see if it spun before I rigged the mast. Apparently it doesn't! It was hard getting the sail up the first time and every time now and I have to yank on the bolt rope to get it down.
I am going to replace the turning block and add a double block for topping lift etc. when I get time to get the mast down.
Can you send someone up to take a look?
Good luck.
I just bought my Catalina 28 last year and at the end of the season. It was nearly impossible to raise the main all the way. I had the mast dropped to check things at the top. The sheaves were completely shot. They are plastic with metal sleeves in the center. The plastic was all chipped and cracked and the metal center was gone. The hole in the center (now only plastic) was worn oblong so when the halyard got some sail weight on it it stopped turning and I was left trying to move the line around a beat up, non turning sheave. I replaced 3 of them with the plastic ones from Catalina Direct and the one for the main with the metal one with bearings. This solved my problem.
Bob
Bob
Seized halyard for main sail
Rawcool
Is this replacement something that could be done from the bosan chair or does the mast have to come down?
Rawcool
Is this replacement something that could be done from the bosan chair or does the mast have to come down?
John, I think it would be doable.
If I were going to try it I would be sure to get the halyards well out of the way at the top so I could get a line under the sheaves so they didn't drop down the mast and pop them out as I pulled the post. Then I would put a line under the new one as I dropped it in place and pushed the pin through. You can do them one at a time. There is a plate between the two sheaves that makes it a tight fit and would help hold things in place. It would be worth taking a ride up and seeing the set up.
Bob
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