Would have seen you there, David, but for us both coming down with stinking colds. The only explanation I can come up with is that the top of the mast; either the sheave or the exit was chafed by an original wire halyard. I believe the 33s came with wire halyards, right? Andy C&C 40 Peregrine
On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 6:59 PM, David Paine <paineda...@gmail.com> wrote: > I had an interesting sail last weekend to Cuttyhunk, in my 1975 C&C33-1. > I was blasting downwind in 17-22 kn wind under main and poled-out jib. The > ride lasted for several hours but was interrupted when I jibed the main (in > a fairly controlled jibe). To my great surprise the jibe resulted in the > main halyard parting about 3" from the headboard shackle. The amazing > thing is that the line looks like it was cut with a sharp knife -- the core > and outer braid were perfectly lined up and the cut is square. There is no > sign of chafe. Until the mast is down, all one can do is speculate, but > does anyone care to guess what caused the line to be cut so neatly? I am > baffled. > > btw, Cutty Hunk this time of year and with a full moon, is beautiful and > except for two other boats (one from Hawii!) there were no other cruising > boats in the inner harbor. I had to anchor though, the town moorings were > already winterized. > > Cheers, David > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > -- Andrew Burton 61 W Narragansett Ave Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ phone +401 965 5260
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