posted June 26, 2005 09:34 PM               

I am having some issues with my CL-14 internal halyard, and it's making singlehanding impossible... and doublehanding somewhat miserable at the beginning of each outing.

Based solely on a random guess (in the absence of any manual or rigging instructions or guidance from PO), I currently have my main halyard rigged so that the halyard line emerges from inside the mast to the outside world *below* the mainsail (as it's being fed up the "track")... and *above* the boom. The whole mess is constantly becoming jammed, and the sail won't go all the way to the top of the mast no matter what I or my crew do. I'm thinking, now that I write this, that maybe I should have the halyard emerge from the mast *below* the boom, thus not colliding so much with the mainsail as much. Which way is correct? Any suggestions?

I'm planning to apply a couple coats of dry silicone spray the mast groove and to the bolt-rope on the mainsail to help make the whole works a little more slippery-slidey.

I did some googling on 'internal halyard' this morning and found the following link. Does anyone have a special 'exit hole' for their internal main halyard? If it would allow myself or my poor unassuming crew (who think they're going out for a nice relaxing post-office-grind sail) from starting out every outing struggling with the bleepity-bleep mainsail, I am *perfectly* willing to drill and grind a giant hole in my mast. I won't fire up my drill until I hear from one of you though.
http://www.glen-l.com/free-book/rig3-12.html

Any suggestions, gentlemen?

Thanks,
Christy

posted June 27, 2005 08:38 AM               

West Marine:
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thechandleryonline:
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