"Don White" wrote in message ...
Ok...dumb question....
If one of your halyards does break..how would you thread a new one up
through the mast channels?

Parallax wrote in message
om...
Mnay ppl have complained about slapping of halyards and wires inside
their masts and are looking for solutions. Strangely, this has never
bothered me but I may have a solution.

Get several cans of that expanding foam (product name "Great Stuff").
Every 10' or so drill a tiny hole in the mast large enough for the
nozzle to fit. Push the nozzle in far enough to squirt a dab on the
opposite internal mast wall, on the side wall and opposite wall and
withdraw the nozzle to put a little just inside the hole. Allow it to
set. Push the nozzle through the dried foam at the hole till it is
above the four foam spots and inject enough to form a blob filling the
cross section at the mast. It will be held in place by the four
hardened blobs. Let it begin to set but work th halyards up and down
as it sets.

I have not tried this but might if the slap ever bothers me.

DBO

Maybe the reason halyard slap doesnt bother me is because it doesnt
happen with mine, dunno, cant rememeber.

BROKEN halyard, how likely is that? Still, as easy to replace as on
an externally mounted one. Climb mast with weighted fish line, drop
it through the top shieve, get it out at bottom, pull halyard through.
However, before I tried that, I'd try a plumbers or electrical snake.
It's stiff enouigh that I'm sure it would go vertically from the
bottom. I have used it horizontally on the boom for the internal
lines there.