Rodney, I did have this problem last season and upon bringing down the rig in the fall I noticed that the sheaves were plastic and pieces were broken off. My halyards were I believe stock from 1975. Having read an article in Good Old Boat I had learned of rope halyards and decided to replace the halyards with rope halyards (I recently learned this is what Bob Eeg puts on new M-17's) and order new sheaves. I could not find sheaves of the right dimensions but Bob Eeg was kind enough to send some gratis and explain how to modify them for the rope halyards which I did in my drill press. Depending on your current sheaves opening them up a bit may help keep the wire from jumping. If your sheaves are plastic replacing them may help since I believe they were not spinning well as well as having pieces of the wall missing. The boat is scheduled to by rigged and put in today so I do not have any experience with the new system but I expect it will fix this irritating problem. Robbin Rodney Holland wrote:
Any of you folks ever had an issue with the wire cable on your main haylard jumping the sheave and then getting lodged and stuck? I've had this happen twice, requiring me to have to take the mast down and pull it back in the proper position. I keep my boat in the water, so it's harder to handle with a boat that is rocking back and forth. Any tricks you can suggest? Is there a fix? I may have skimped a little on getting haylard lines that are two small and therefore not "weighty enough" to give some counterweight to the opposite side of the mast, if that makes sense. Could that be a problem?
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