The comment on the sheaves needing replacement - look at them - you may only
need to dress them down a little - I didn't do any on my 1980 30-1 and have
no problems (but that was about 18 years ago, so my sheaves have a lot less
wear than yours) - I am using T900 for the main and Sta-set X plus for my
jib halyards - I have two jib halyards plus the main in the mast - the
spinnaker halyard is run externally and I went overboard with it - 1/2 inch
Sta-Set X - didn't know any better - too big but the crew likes it because
it is easier on the hands. If your mast top is the same as mine, it has two
tabs on the foreword side - at about 30 degree angles - I have the spin
halyard on one of those - just a regular block bolted on a little bail
through the tab.
As the 30 is the stiffest boat C&C ever built, I don't think it is justified
to go extra light on anything up there - it takes big wind to get the rail
in the water on mine. It's interesting that you have a tri-color up there,
my boat doesn't and it was pretty well equipped from the factory.
I second the Tack-tic mention - as it is self contained, you don't have to
worry about stringing extra wire, so you don't have to do anything now - you
can climb up there and screw it in later - you may want to get the mounting
instructions so you can pre-drill for it, but if it is a ways in the future,
don't bother, they will probably change it before you get to it.
You may want to re-string the wiring, my mast lighting used some household
junk and it clanged inside enough to disturb my naps so I pulled it out and
wrapped it with wire ties every couple of feet set at 33 degree angles from
the previous ones - helped a bunch.
Gary
St. Michaels MD
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sam Salter" <sam.c.sal...@gmail.com>
To: <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 2:32 PM
Subject: Re: Stus-List Mast is down - what to do?
I had my 1977 mast down last winter and rebuilt it.
If it's a 1975 I'd check the top sheaves. Especially if your going all rope.
I got new custom sheaves made here (Port Townsend):
http://www.zephyrwerks.com/
$38 a sheave!
I also took the opportunity to fit a spinnaker crane while it was down - my
mast didn't have one.
Got one from:
http://www.rigrite.com/Spars/SparParts/MH_Spinnaker_bails.html
All new standing rigging - I bought the boat in 2002 but it could have been
1977 vintage for all I know.
Replaced all the halyards with high tech stuff from Annapolis Performance
Sailing:
http://www.apsltd.com/
Jib halyard - Yale PhD
Main halyard - FSE-Robline (2:1 with a Wichard MX halyard shackle)
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Spinnaker halyard - Yale MaxiBraid Plus
Also rebuilt my ProFurl furler with new plastic bearings in the foils up the
forestay.
Hopefully it will now outlive me!
sam
C&C 26 Liquorice
Ghost Lake Alberta
On 2013-02-28, at 11:46 AM, "Joe at Zialater" <j...@zialater.com> wrote:
The mast on my '75 30 MK1 is out of the boat while I rebuild the mast
step.
So I plan to replace those nasty old wire halyards with some high tech
stuff. I will also replace the bulb in my tri-color mast head light with
an
LCD. I would like to get a wind instrument as well, but I have not found
one that fits my lowwwww budget. I guess I can live with looking up at
the
windex - but it can be a pain in the neck - hahaha.
Any other suggestions on stuff to do while the stick is out? I can just
imagine putting the mast back up and then smacking myself in the forehead
for missing some upgrade or maintenance opportunity.
Joe
1975 30 MK1
'Zia'
Mayo, MD
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