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Stephen Trapani Stephen Trapani is offline
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Default Best method to replace halyards?

Brian Whatcott wrote:
On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:42:17 -0700, Stephen Trapani
wrote:

I have halyards needing replaced, two of them go inside the mast. How do
you attach the new line to the old and thread them? Is there a best
direction to pull? Any other advice?

Thanks,

Stephen


You had plenty of sensible suggestions. One cable/rope pulling method
I didn't see mentioned is a sort of "Chinese Finger Trap" called a
pull sock.
This is a diagonal mesh tube, that shrinks on when pulled, providing a
slim profile strong grip attachment. Here's an example.


Haha. Cool.

Stephen