halyard replacement

[Adam]

I have done this once befor with much, I mean alot, of trouble. and colerful four letter words. I just thought befor my new mast arives I would get some advice from some others. What would be the best way to replace internal halyards



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[Matt Cawthorne]

Adam, As I understand it you have a mast with no halyards in it and hence are not replacing the halyard but installing new ones. If you are truely replacing the old ones then just tie a messenger line to the old one prior to removing it. If you don't have an existing line in place then use an electricians wire fish while the mast is on the ground. You can push the fish all the way down the mast with no trouble. The only trouble that I had on my mast was a conflict with the wire bundle. I simply rolled the mast over and tried again and it worked fine. If the mast is up I would recommend using a piece of heavy string or a light line with a fishing weight. How you get up there to start with is another question. Perhaps you could put the weight on the string in the top of the mast prior to installation and let it drop down after the mast is installed.

Good luck
Matt

I have done this once befor with much, I mean alot, of trouble. and colerful four letter words. I just thought befor my new mast arives I would get some advice from some others. What would be the best way to replace internal halyards

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[Joe]

I have done this once befor with much, I mean alot, of trouble. and colerful four letter words. I just thought befor my new mast arives I would get some advice from some others. What would be the best way to replace internal halyards

If you're replacing existing halyards, join the old with the new using Anchor Adhesive Lined Heat Shrink Tubing. Although intended as wire insultation, it makes an almost indestructable connection between the two lines without adding more than a winy-tiny bit to the diameter. Once the new line is in place, just cut the old from the new.

Joe



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