Well, yay to wire halyards indeed! My biggest reason to want to go to (non-tapered) rope is so that my spare (i have three masthead sheaves) could be used either fore or aft. As currently set up, the spare is set up aft (the rope tail is forward), which is how i'll use use it.
The sheaves are narrow (5/16" for the two outside sheaves, 7/16" for the center), but are about 8" in diameter, and spin smoothly in their boxes. They are aluminium, and need to be at least re-dressed, and at most simply replaced...
But i now think i'll stick with the wire! The existing wire halyards are 3/16"; i may upsize the main halyard, but then again, perhaps it doesn't need it...
Last edited by osteoderm : 09-01-2006 at 05:36 PM.
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