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halyrad systems for small boats?
""Schöön Martin"" wrote in message ... "Shaun Van Poecke" writes: Hi All, I have a 16' beach cat and the halyards are a source of bother for me. Like snip another story. It is very hard to get enough tension on that jib halyard, I try the usual method of putting a half turn around the horn clean then pulling out on the halyard (above the cleat) while trying to retension the tail. By this method i can bootstrap my way to some reasonable tension, but if the wind is blowing hard it's only a matter of time till that horn cleat slacks off a little. It really doesnt take much loss in tension to have the jib luff up there flapping in the wind. This sounds more like your lines are relatives to the ones on my parents old 5 m monohull. Those halyards were 'rubber bands'. On my 8 m cat I use the method you describe without issues. Today I use a very good 8mm Dyneema line. Before that I used a 6 mm Dyneema line which worked pretty well to but the stiffer 8 mm line is definitely better. (Diameters include cover) What type of line do you use? Here is my boat: http://hem.bredband.net/b262106/ -- Martin Schöön "Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back" Piet Hein |
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