50 feet is more like it. I bought 100 feet for both halyards and had about 8 feet left over. Check duckworks for the line. They had great prices when I got mine a few months ago. Whitebeard M17 #14, Griselda
From: gordon@financialwriting.net To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 20:44:40 -0500 Subject: Re: M_Boats: Halyard line
Correction: I think my new halyards are 50 feet, long enough for leading them aft to the cockpit.
Gordon
On May 11, 2009, at 7:51 PM, Gordon Gilbert wrote:
Hi, Andrei: I replaced my wire-to-rope halyards last year with 5/16 Stay-Set, and the all-rope halyards have worked out well. I ordered 40' of the line for each halyard from Rigging Only (Jeff there is very helpful), a length that is long enough for leading them aft to the cockpit eventually. Rigging Only spliced a high-quality Wichard headboard pin shackle on the main halyard and a beefy Wichard snap shackle on the jib halyard (make sure you get strong, high-quality shackles). It all works great.
Gordon
On May 10, 2009, at 3:34 PM, Andrei Caldararu wrote:
Hello all,
I am looking to replace my old wire-to-rope halyards with all-rope ones. The ones I would be buying would be from New England Ropes, Sta- Set, and I would need some advice on how thick a line I should go with. Would 1/4 be enough, or 5/16, or do I need thicker line? These lines have tensile strengths of 2000lbs (1/4) and 3000lbs (5/16).
Does anyone know what the newer boats come with? Also, has anyone measured their masts (I assume I need about twice the length of the mast for the length of the halyard).
Thanks,
Andrei.
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