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Robert Reynolds
Posts:3

05/08/2008 5:40 PM
Removed halyards in the fall and replaced with messengers. Now spinnaker halyard will not feed back in. It seems to go over the visible sheave but hits something within a inch or two beyond that. The messenger when tied to itself will not let the knot pass either. Any thoughts before I take down the rig.

ferenc lazar
Posts:24

05/08/2008 6:27 PM
have you tried electrician's fishing tape?

Robert Reynolds
Posts:3

05/08/2008 9:11 PM
used rigging tape. are there 2 sheaves for the spinaker and 1 each for the jib?

ferenc lazar
Posts:24

05/11/2008 12:20 PM
Me thinks one for the spi halyard, one for the spi boom topping lift...

Pete Ramsdale
Posts:14

05/12/2008 10:56 PM
Yes the spin has 2 sheaves, the jib has 1. Make sure main halyard is eased in case it is interfering. Else your messenger line has jumped the aft sheave - go up the mast with a bit of wire to sort out.

Robert Reynolds
Posts:3

05/15/2008 2:44 PM
Nail on the head...... Messenger was off of the aft sheave and it took going up the mast to peek in and lift it back on the sheave. Thanks

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