Rodney, I did have this problem last season and upon bringing down the rig in the fall I noticed that the sheaves were plastic and pieces were broken off. My halyards were I believe stock from 1975. Having read an article in Good Old Boat I had learned of rope halyards and decided to replace the halyards with rope halyards (I recently learned this is what Bob Eeg puts on new M-17's) and order new sheaves. I could not find sheaves of the right dimensions but Bob Eeg was kind enough to send some gratis and explain how to modify them for the rope halyards which I did in my drill press. Depending on your current sheaves opening them up a bit may help keep the wire from jumping. If your sheaves are plastic replacing them may help since I believe they were not spinning well as well as having pieces of the wall missing. The boat is scheduled to by rigged and put in today so I do not have any experience with the new system but I expect it will fix this irritating problem.
Robbin Rodney Holland wrote: > Any of you folks ever had an issue with the wire cable on your main haylard > jumping the sheave and then getting lodged and stuck? I've had this happen > twice, requiring me to have to take the mast down and pull it back in the > proper position. I keep my boat in the water, so it's harder to handle with a > boat that is rocking back and forth. Any tricks you can suggest? Is there a > fix? I may have skimped a little on getting haylard lines that are two small > and therefore not "weighty enough" to give some counterweight to the opposite > side of the mast, if that makes sense. Could that be a problem? > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > > _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
