I was thinking about sewing them, but the line runs sooo easy up the
mast. Would have been worth it just for peace of mind.
Next time.

Scotty

"SAIL LOCO" wrote in message
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I replaced the main halyard today. Taped
the new to the old, Boy was I nervous till it went all the way
through.

Next time sew them together, then tape them. It doesn't take a lot
of thread
and you can't pull them apart. I told a guy next to me at my old
marina this
one day when he was about to run a new halyard and he told me that
he had done
it before and that sewing wasn't necessary. About a half hour later
I heard
the guy cussing at the top of his lungs. The ropes parted inside
the mast. It
only takes one little hang up.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"Trains are a winter sport"