This one has my vote, as it happened several times when I was pulling my halyards back in with the mast horizontal - the thin lines would jump the sheave and get jammed. I suggest going aloft on a jib halyard to inspect.
-- Shawn Wright shawngwri...@gmail.com S/V Callisto, 1974 C&C 35 https://www.facebook.com/SVCallisto On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 3:18 PM Bill Coleman via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > What Jim said. It probably popped up over the sheave, & the skinny > messenger is jammed. Take a picture with somebody's telephoto lens, or go > up on the jib halyard. > > Bill > > On Fri, Jun 11, 2021, 5:53 PM Jim Watts via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > >> It's possible it may have jumped a sheave at the masthead. Can you see >> what the deal is up there with binoculars? >> >> Jim Watts >> Paradigm Shift >> C&C 35 Mk III >> Victoria, BC >> >> >> On Fri, 11 Jun 2021 at 13:17, Raymond Macklin via CnC-List < >> cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: >> >>> Hello: >>> >>> I have a 1985 CNC 33-2. I have been using the same main halyard for >>> the last three years. Every winter I connect a line to it and pull it up >>> and store the main halyard in the mast over the winter. I went to bring it >>> down it does not want to come down. I am able to pull it down 6" and pull >>> it back up 6". so it does move. all the other halyards i have loosened to >>> make sure it was not hanging up on them. I am still unable to pull the >>> main halyard down. Has anyone ever run into this and does anyone have a >>> suggestion or solution in mind? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Ray Macklin >>> LakeHouse, Milwaukee >>> Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help >>> with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - >>> use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >>> Thanks - Stu >> >> Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help >> with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - >> use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >> Thanks - Stu > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks > - Stu
Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
