if you have fish hooks in halyards it usually a sign to replace halyard or you screwed it up using it....anyhow have used wire to rope halyards for over 40 years on custom c&c 42...race cruise ..sail every week year round...long time in north carolina virginia carribean...now west coast bc...only replaced once when got new lighter weight mast..dont seem to have any problems...BUT EXIT BOXES must be lined up properly..& entrance to boxes done correctly..no line elongation..well maintained sail shape....only adjustments gooseneck adjustment downhaul &outhaul on main backstay &sheets on headsail plus foot &leach lines....we noticed a serious competitor # of years ago to spectra synthetic halyards on a c&c 48 ..lasted less than a month of competative racing....most c&c 48s,c&c50s lot of 43s still racing...plus c&c 54,s,61 all have gone back to wire to rope halyards plus local 38s in this area...large over lapping head sails put extreme loads on halyards..ONLY THING NEGATIVE WITH WIRE TO ROPE IS PRICE & finding a well trained &experienced splicer....many of us use wilson yates located in newfoundland canada ...he was c&c custom rigger plus many other mfgs.cs yachts ontario yachts..etc...have sailed plus 50000 miles plus not counting motoring....and would never race or go offshore without wire to rope halyards....any long distance offshore the wire will produce few surprises...
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