New halyards raised! - 2012

April 2012 - Marina Kona Kai Shelter Island San Diego, CA
New main and jib halyards.

 The halyards we strung up! That nasty wire jib halyard got replaced and the old main halyard got replaced.
Old halyard shackle.
The old halyard is too short.
 Being too short the old halyard is hard to tie off when not in use.
 We tackled the main halyard first. Like Debbie said we do not know why we think this is a big job as we have done this before without a problem.
 We first cut the end with the shackle on it off the main halyard.
  Then we taped the new bitter end of the new main halyard to it. 
We used duck tape because it is stronger than blue tape. 
Old halyard and new, Debbie removing tape. 
Not a job I like, removing the tape.
New halyard.
Now there is enough halyard to reach the anchor rode drum if needed to pull someone up the mast. We do have mast climbing tackle but it is nice to have some extra halyard line.
Old halyard and pretty girl!
 Debbie pulled it up and into the mast over the sheave, no problem. I tried to keep the new halyard from getting caught up in the folding mast steps that are still open. Did OK at that but actually closed one mast step fooling around.
 When we had the mast off we installed a new metal sheave in place of the plastic one for the main halyard in the mast head. It works nicely.
 Sure looks nice, and so does the halyard! The winches we are going to get serviced and polished. We got the buffer from the storage shed for this but did not get the pads. That is as usual in the boating life 😀

 Then it was time to replace the jib halyard. A bit harder as it is wire. We first had to cut the spliced end off. This was the hardest part. We have a pair of old hand cutters that have seen better days. Still OK for line and hose but wire, not so good. 
We taped the new halyard to the wire and then cut the end off the wire.

Then we pulled the wire up over the top of the mast. It got stuck at the top and we had to use the winch to pull it through. A bit dicey but we now have our handy dandy mast steps so if the tape broke we could climb up and retrieve the halyard. It broke free and came down nicely as Debbie was feeding it as we went.
Old jib halyard rope to wire.
Old jib halyard.
Debbie getting ready the old for pulling through the new.
Old and new.
Debbie feeding up the new jib halyard.
We were a little concerned about the line to shackle but were assured that this is the way it is done and it will last a real long time. 
Removing the tape again 😁
Nice!
Old halyards - bye!

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