Repalcing a halyard

[rardiH36]

I used to be much more careful than I am now. Back then, I would heat both ends with a propane torch until molten and then press them together and let cool. Then for good measure further join both lines with quite a few passes of strong seizing line.

Now, much simpler. I tape on a few of layers of 8" strips of 3/4" 3M fiberglass reinforced packing tape, so that I have 4" on each side of the temporary joint between the old and new halyard. Then I wrap around the tape real tight with electrical tape along the entire 8". This really compresses the fiberglass tape into each rope's surface fibers so the fiberglass tape can't come loose and slip. I test the joint with a few real good snap tugs. Always very strong. Only takes a few minutes to do. Of course my sheaves still run freely with fairly low friction. So I don't ever need to pull to hard to lead the new halyard through.

 

[All U Get]

A few passes of seizing line through both ends then shrink tubing with glue. When you're done you have a nice whipped end.

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[caguy]

A Zip tie works great. Just pass it through each line and butt join them together. Most of the time you can just poke poke the Zip tie through the rope, with tight braids you may need a marlin spike or small screw driver. Trim the tail of thr zip. When it passes over the sheeves you can't even feel it.