Halyard Wraps

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Halyard Wraps

Post by Kristian »

Ouch.

For those of you with furling systems, please inspect regularly and follow the instructions, especially when it comes to halyard wraps. The furling line on this particular boat was parted, which makes me think it's entirely possible that the line break saved the headstay!

http://bp0.blogger.com/_ifoPhvg9GMo/R2H ... G_1666.JPG

This is from a boat I'm doing a repair estimate on. Luckily the rig stayed up or my numbers would be considerably further north.
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Post by bcooke »

Double Ouch.

Kristian, the image tags on the posting are reversed so the link doesn't work correctly. As I am sure you know, the [img]should%20be%20at%20the%20front%20and%20the[/img] should be at the back end. A quick edit will fix that.


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Thanks,

Thats the kind of thing I definitely would not know...:>

Hmm. Checked and it's still not working. Not sure what to do with it.
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If you right click on his image and then click "view image" you can see the pic

That's some gnarly wire there
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I changed it so it's just a link to the photo. Not sure why sometimes the image tags don't work, but sometimes they don't.
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Post by CharlieJ »

good- I tried to cut and paste his link and add image tags three times and it never worked for me.

At least now the pic can be easily seen.
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Maybe it's not displaying due to size, I just realized it's a fairly huge image. Internettery is definitely not my specialty so I'm glad there are people around that have a clue.

Tim, I bet you've got some good scary boat photos, anything you want to share?
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Hey, where are all the "that headsail would be easier with a furler" cheerleaders?

I just couldn't resist :.)

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Kristian, here is a post from 2 years ago. Serious stuff. I'll have to post the finished work photos after I completed the interior repairs some time (though the work was completed by the spring of 2006, I never got around to following up and showing them...)

http://www.plasticclassicforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=1221
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Hey, where are all the "that headsail would be easier with a furler" cheerleaders?
Furlers Rule.

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Re: Halyard Wraps

Post by MikeR »

That looks suspiciously like a ProFurl extrusing. Just seeing it gives me itches.

I've just finished installing one that a customer bought somewhere. My original instincts were correct. Nothing went right. It is a poor design.

I've installed hundreds of Harken units and I will never, ever touch a ProFurl again.

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Kristian wrote:Ouch.

For those of you with furling systems, please inspect regularly and follow the instructions, especially when it comes to halyard wraps. The furling line on this particular boat was parted, which makes me think it's entirely possible that the line break saved the headstay!

http://bp0.blogger.com/_ifoPhvg9GMo/R2H ... G_1666.JPG

This is from a boat I'm doing a repair estimate on. Luckily the rig stayed up or my numbers would be considerably further north.
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