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     Gary McRae New member Username: Gary_mcrae Post Number: 6 Registered: 02-2006 Rating: N/A |
Hi all, I have two questions. I have my mast stripped and am in the process of repainting it. I will be purchasing 4 new all rope halyards with the spare jib halyard normally being used for the pole topping lift. I am planning on going to 5/16" Warpspeed for all of them. I will be buying new sheaves from Offshore Spars if they are still available. I will be splicing in new Wichard shackles. Does anyone have any better suggestions? Second question: a comment from Mike B "I decided that the halyard guide was only needed for protecting the aluminum mast from being cut up by wire halyards. With all-rope halyards, I removed it in 1997, and have had no problems since. With the halyard changes and the guide removed, I got about 5 or 6 pounds out of the masthead." What exactly did he remove? Less weight aloft sounds like a good idea and there is a lot of SS up there? Is this allowed, not that I have a lot of other 9.1 to race against  |
