Internal Halyards on CD-36

[Matt Cawthorne]

My 1982 CD-36 has two external halyards. I would like a spare and to have one that can be used as a safety line while climbing the mast (the mast steps use one). In addition I am always having to find some way of keeping the halyards from slapping.

The masthead fitting has four pulleys. Two are used to run each halyard over the top of the mast. Looking at the configuration it looks as if each pulley would feed a halyard directly down into the mast at the correct location for internal halyards. The loads in each pulley would go up by 40% and an exit hole would have to be added, but the job does not look impossible. I have a few questions.

Did any of the larger Cape Dories come configured this way from the factory? Has anyone tried this or found a reason why it would not work?

Thanks,
Matt



mcawthor@bellatlantic.net

[Jerry Axler]

My 1982 CD-36 has two external halyards. I would like a spare and to have one that can be used as a safety line while climbing the mast (the mast steps use one). In addition I am always having to find some way of keeping the halyards from slapping.

The masthead fitting has four pulleys. Two are used to run each halyard over the top of the mast. Looking at the configuration it looks as if each pulley would feed a halyard directly down into the mast at the correct location for internal halyards. The loads in each pulley would go up by 40% and an exit hole would have to be added, but the job does not look impossible. I have a few questions.

Did any of the larger Cape Dories come configured this way from the factory? Has anyone tried this or found a reason why it would not work?

Thanks,
Matt

My 1986 CD36 has an internal halyard for the staysail and I would trade it for an external in a heartbeat. The internal halyard is the only noise I hear when trying to sleep in a rocking anchorage. the externals can be tied off, but I have yet to hear of a great solution to the internals. Everything from sponges on line to foam in the mast has been tried by someone to no avail.



cutter36@erols.com

[matt]

Jerry,
My internal staysail halyard is the only one that does not make noise. I clip the end that is attached to the head of the sail and hook it to a padeye on the deck. I then use the winch to tighten the other end up. With that much tension the rocking of the boat does not cause the halyard to slap. I have sailed on other boats with internal halyards and have never heard slapping.

I used to have a problem with the wires inside the mast making noise, but 6 years ago I took the wires out and used duct tape to attach a piece of pipe insulation around the wires at intervals of about 2 feet. Once the wires were back in the noise went away. There is a nifty track inside the mast which can be used with slides to trap the wire, but the track is jammed up in a few spots in my mast and can not be used. I am trying to think of some clever way to remove any junk in the track so that I can use this again.

Thanks for the input.

Matt

My 1986 CD36 has an internal halyard for the staysail and I would trade it for an external in a heartbeat. The internal halyard is the only noise I hear when trying to sleep in a rocking anchorage. the externals can be tied off, but I have yet to hear of a great solution to the internals. Everything from sponges on line to foam in the mast has been tried by someone to no avail.

mcawthor@bellatlantic.net