"Scotty" w@u wrote in message
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Ed, I take my halyards home every Winter and clean them.
3/8'' line, sewed them the first few times, now I just tape
them.
Scotty

If that works for you that is fine. I usually do these jobs alone and that
is easy with a messenger. But if I taped the lines and the taping were to
come adrift I would have to find people to haul me up the mast to reeve a
new line and there ae only a few of the people who hang around the marina
that I would trust with that job so I prefer to make sure I do not need
them.