Halyard wrap and Rod forestay

[Brian Duff]

Halyard wrap damage is in part due to the bending or sucking in of the forestay toward the halyard sheave as the wrap occurs.
I well know what this can do to a wire forestay, but my question is about any expirience any of you may have with rod being damaged by this.

On the boat in question (harken mk2), no bending or other damage above the foils is reported, but halyard wrap has been a consistant problem which has required the owner to use a winch to furl the sail on many occasions, and even then he has to go out and in and out and in to get the thing furled, meaning he will winch till things just wont go, then back off and crank again. THe owner was in our office last week to book furler service.

I have now filled him in on why this is such bad practice, and we are going to solve the problem for him, however when I indicated I would like to drop the furler, open up the bottom of the furler and remove the lower rod stud to slip the rod up out of the foil for inspection, he argued that rod can't be damaged by halyard wrap. I don't know.

So before I take the job of just replacing the now destroyed bearings, on I am hunting for answers or possiblities, what you got Rigger ?