Thanks for think about me. The halyard is the correct size 5/16. I think that somewhere the way the old white plastic sheaves needed to be replaced and someone just used what they could find that day or something.
I did have that "bend around pulleys" problem with the mainsheet. It was replaces with low stretch something and was rather stiff and would not "run" through pulleys well. John Phil Agur wrote: > John, > > I was thinking about how your masthead could have come to be modified. I'd > check your halyard diameter before you get started. It's a common myth that > increasing the size of the line makes it easier on the crew and someone may > have changed the sheave to fit a larger line. > > Larger diameter line, which does help spread a given load on your hands, > takes more force to bend around pulleys and therefore increases rather than > reduces crew fatigue. So upping the line is usually a bad trade off. > > Phil Agur s/v Wing Tip
