Dave: So who was the wench on that boat, or did U mean winch? Gary. Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 1, 2008, at 6:21 PM, W David Scobie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrei: > > as stated already such halyard arrangements were more common 20+ > years ago. > > the family cheoy lee 32' had a 50/50 jib halyard and a 100% > stainless main halyard. the 'nice' result of the main's halyard was > its compact size allowed it to wrap around a drum within the > mainsail wench (no long & bulk coil of line on the mast) ... the > negative was as the halyards aged they developed 'spurs' that were > NASTY on the hands. > > if your 50/50 halyards show no 'spurs' or rust there is no reason to > replace at this time. best put the money towards other urgent items > as you refit the boat. > > > > dave scobie > M15 #288 - SCRED > visit Scred's www-site: http://www.freewebs.com/m15-named-scred > > > --- On Tue, 7/1/08, Andrei Caldararu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Andrei Caldararu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: M_Boats: Help with M-17 > To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" > <[email protected] > > > Date: Tuesday, July 1, 2008, 12:36 AM > > b) The halyards on Hobbit are different from everything I've ever seen > before. Namely, half of the halyard - the one attached to the actual > sails -- is made of steel cable, of length about equal to that of the > mast. The other half, the one coming down along the mast from the top, > is usual rope. Is this common? I haven't been very happy with this > arrangement today, so unless there is a good reason for this, I would > have liked to switch to an all-rope halyard. > > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
