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     Jeff Roy (Jeffr) Rating: N/A |
I am starting to get the 9.1 I just bought ready. My first project is to install a Seldon Furlex furler. I was looking over the masthead and the halyard arrangement and I have a few questions. The previous owner replaced all 4 halyards last year with 1/4" T900. I talked with a rigger and he said the line was more than adequate for the loads, but I am going to have extra covers sewn on the tails so that the self tailing winches and clutches can hold them. (That will probably be another series of questions soon to come) Anyway, on the halyard he labled Spinnaker he had what appears to me to be 1/8" 7X19 wire spliced onto the working end. This is coming out of the middle sheave at the mast head. Several things seem wrong about this set up. First it seems like a big waste of money to use T 900 as nothing more than a tail for a wire halyard ( there is about a mast lengths of wire on the halyard). It seems to me the center sheave is best used as the primary genoa halyard because it is the only one below the headstay attachment. I think this would create a large amount of chafe if it were used for a spinnaker halyard. Here are some specific questions. What arrangement are other peoples halyards in at the mast head? What was the factory set up? Does, this wire size seem adequate? (1/8" 7X19 has a breaking strenght of 1,760#s, 6 mm T 900 has a breaking strenght of 4400#'s) I was also examining the toggle attachement for the headstay. Does one have to take the halyard guide at the masthead apart to remove the clevis pin? It looks like it may be difficult. I hope not because the screw on the front of the guide show signs that someone unsuccessfully tried to remove it and damaged the screw head. I have had to remove seized SS screws in Aluminum masts before, it is no picnic! I also need an accurate headstay length measurement to install the roller furling unit. The instructions assume you have already determenined the best headstay lenght (i.e. proper rake) and marked the turnbuckles so you can measure it after you have the headstay off. I have no experience sailing the boat and I do not know if the previous owner had it set up right. The rig is down now so I have to make some sort of a guess as to where he had the head stay turnbuckle set. I think I can guess based on the threads, but it is not definite. Is there any rig tuning information available that would give me a good measurement for the head stay? Do any of you know what your pin-to-pin headstay length is? Thanks in advance |
