If you really want to get "fast and dirty", do what I did and "whip" (tape together) the new halyard to the old with electricians tape. Or you could one-up me by using duct tape, but that might be going too far.
Nathan
Damsel
Lakeport CA
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Re: How to fish a new jib halyard through masthead sheaves Mon Jan 7, 2019 2:07 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Gabriel Cain"
Alternatively I could use the fishing loop on the new 8mm dyneema halyard
and tie the adjacent ends of the two halyards together with heavy whipping
line or similar? Seems more likely to stick at the masthead than my DIY
method?
I did this when I replaced my halyard. It worked fine. In fact, mine was
even more sketchy: I had the two ends whipped together as a butt splice
using only the whipping twine to join them. It pulled through the masthead
sheave just fine.
-Gabriel
Nathan
Damsel
Lakeport CA
"No Reply"notify-dg-AlbinVega@yahoogroups.com writes:
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Re: How to fish a new jib halyard through masthead sheaves Mon Jan 7, 2019 2:07 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Gabriel Cain"
Alternatively I could use the fishing loop on the new 8mm dyneema halyard
and tie the adjacent ends of the two halyards together with heavy whipping
line or similar? Seems more likely to stick at the masthead than my DIY
method?
I did this when I replaced my halyard. It worked fine. In fact, mine was
even more sketchy: I had the two ends whipped together as a butt splice
using only the whipping twine to join them. It pulled through the masthead
sheave just fine.
-Gabriel