Bicycle chain as a weight works great on a messenger line if you can get someone to go aloft for you to drop it
On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 6:41 PM Edd Schillay via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Sam, > > There should be no need to drop the rig. A weight on the end of the line > should suffice. > > A bent clothes hanger is great for fishing the line out through the exit. > > I’ve known some to use a metal weight on the line and then use a magnet to > guide it through, but I’ve run a few over the years and never needed to go > that route. > > All the best, > > Edd > > --------------------------------------- > Edd M. Schillay > Captain of the Starship Enterprise > C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B > City Island Yacht Club | City Island, NY > www.StarshipSailing.com > --------------------------------------- > 914.774.9767 | Mobile > --------------------------------------- > Sent via iPhone X > iPhone. iTypos. iApologize > > > On Jan 21, 2019, at 5:30 PM, Rodney Meryweather via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Sam > I did have a similar issue myself. I found that by taking a 1ft piece of > 3/8ths twisted Cable to feed it in over the sheaves to begin the process at > the top of the mast attached to a drop line works best. The twisted cable > acted as the weight. > On my 35 I was able to take out the bottom pulley system from the mast and > then fish out the line as it passed down by the opening. > > Rodney Meryweather > 865-755-8860 > rmeryweat...@mac.com > > <Scuba_Smile.bmp> > > > > *From: *Sam Tunanidas <socyt...@gmail.com> > *Subject: **Stus-List Lost halyard* > *Date: *January 21, 2019 at 4:19:50 PM EST > *To: *cnc-list@cnc-list.com > > > My mainsail halyard got away from me on my LF38 and diappeared into the > mast so I pulled it all the way out. Boat is currently on the hard. I'm > sure I'm not the first to make this mistake. Has anyone had luck just > dropping a weighted messenger line down from the top of the mast with the > rig up or am I going to have to drop the rig > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile
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