Hi Dave, Looking at your pictures, I agree that something is scoring the original Offshore Spars SS cage. Probably not a soft halyard, but a harder SS Schackle. My boat, Hull #2 has the very same cage and no chafing.
Your pictures don't show it in it's proper place. I question if the cage is properly attached tight to the mast? It should be all the way up and bolted to the underside of the mast top plate. Then a screw goes through the hole in the bottom of the cage, probably a flathead SS. I would also check that the halyard restrainer isn't too close to the mast. I would sand the damaged area of the cage and polish it using finer and finer wet sandpaper, and then I would check for a fair lead to the restrainer. https://www.google.com/search?q=harken+halyard+restrainer&rlz=1C1AWFC_enUS839US839&oq=halyard+restrainer&aqs=chrome.3.69i57j0l7.8385j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 If you don't have a restrainer, the grooved area may have been caused by a snapshackle pulled too far up. You can change to a smaller schackle and protect that with a plastic stopper ball. All of your halyards need a plastic ball to stop to protect the schackles from getting pulled into the sheeves https://www.westmarine.com/buy/sea-sure--3-16-red-stopper-ball-5-pack--P002_065_006_026?pCode=9201351&cm_mmc=PS-_-Google-_-GSC%3ENonB%3EProduct%2520Type-_-9201351&product_id=9201351&creative=108421553284&device=c&matchtype=&network=g&gclid=Cj0KCQjwybD0BRDyARIsACyS8ms2s1epLHjrIHWcuLGLzhtyJI1CfuhJujlzK5P-D658wJALRLHqqS0aAnYTEALw_wcB Chafe of genoa halyard can come from a wrap around the furler section, so check that there are no sharp parts there. Last note: Agree the list is awesome and a strong reason I bought my boat in 2002. Thanks all. Chuck Scheaffer, Resolute 1989 C&C 34R > On April 7, 2020 at 7:37 AM David Knecht via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > I think I have found the source of the wear on my genoa halyard and I > believe it is the stainless steel piece that all three halyards run through. > The genoa halyard sits against the bottom edge of that plate where I can > imagine it sawing back and forth. You can see it in these photos: > https://photos.app.goo.gl/cHm4Ddo7wY1eFWug6 > > What is unclear to me is what purpose that piece serves. I don’t see > anything like it on any of the other masts on the mast rack that I have > looked at. I am very tempted to remove it, but wanted the input from the > group before I do that. Thanks- Dave > > S/V Aries > 1990 C&C 34+ > New London, CT > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > >
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