Richard Casady wrote:
On Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:41:31 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
"Reggie is Here wrote:

I actually do enjoy wind chimes that have a balanced tone, but halyards
inside a mast, banging and clanging in discord does not have a harmonic
sound to them. I would rather put my head in a bucket and beat it with
a hammer, which explains a lot about me.

When I was a kid back in the fifties, one of the neighbors had
something called Rebel, dating from the forties, and one of the first
fiberglass boats. The rope halyard pinged on the outside of the
aluminum mast. Nobody ever said word about it. I guess it didn't
bother anyone. How does the wind get inside a mast? It doesn't, so
what made the wires move?

Casady

The boat rocking back and forth would cause the halyards to bang, then
if they had not tightened all of the sheets and the booevane and topping
lift, and centered the boom, you can have the boom flopping back and
forth so it just adds to the non - harmonic crescendo. If the wind gets
over 15 mph, you then will start to pick up the whistling sounds of the
wind in the rigging.

As I said, some people like it, me, not so much. I prefer the sound of
waves or wakes from passing boats against the hull of my boat. Now
that i find relaxing.