The main halyard and other lines led aft from the main on my 1982 F-33 run from
blocks
at the base of the mast through bull’s-eye fairleads mounted forward on the
coach roof. to
get to the fairleads, the lines cross the teak eyebrow around the coach roof.
There is direct
contact between the line and the teak. The tighter the line, the greater the
friction. My
rigger has suggested that I have tubular stailnless steel stand-offs fabricated,
at unknown
cost, to hold the line off the teak. I have neither the tools nor the skills to
do that myself. I
would appreciate any ideas on how to solve the friction problem more easily
and/or
cheaply.
I recently dealt with this on my 1982 F-33 Hull#51 had the same problem. I fixed it very simply and effectively (unusual for my boat projects:-). I added a long enough D shackle (or use two, not I could have just used high tech line instead)) so the block would lead the line high enough when under tension to clear the eyebrow. Since this alone results in the halyard being a little too far aft to have a straight run to the entry point in the mast I added some low stretch high techfrom the mast collar forward of where the block attaches to the shackle closest to the block and tied it to hold the block in vertical alignment.
This has worked great and has not resulted in any tangles or other problems. Cost was about $10.
Alan
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From: tgcmd
To: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 2:59 PM
Subject: [freedomyachts2003] Halyard Friction on F-33
The main halyard and other lines led aft from the main on my 1982 F-33 run from blocks at the base of the mast through bull’s-eye fairleads mounted forward on the coach roof. to get to the fairleads, the lines cross the teak eyebrow around the coach roof. There is direct contact between the line and the teak. The tighter the line, the greater the friction. My rigger has suggested that I have tubular stailnless steel stand-offs fabricated, at unknown cost, to hold the line off the teak. I have neither the tools nor the skills to do that myself. I would appreciate any ideas on how to solve the friction problem more easily and/or cheaply.Thanks.ThomasF-33 #66 L’Audace
I don’t know the exact situation on your boat, but you could also try
and solve this problem in the way they led lines over wooden rails
since many centuries. Use pieces of rounded brass strip. Drill and
countersink and screw them on top of the wood that chafes. The brass
is very smooth and gets even smoother over time from the rope on top
of it. You also see this often on the companionway door sill.
The main halyard and other lines led aft from the main on my 1982 F-
33 run from blocks
at the base of the mast through bull’s-eye fairleads mounted
forward on the coach roof. to
get to the fairleads, the lines cross the teak eyebrow around the
coach roof. There is direct
contact between the line and the teak. The tighter the line, the
greater the friction. My
rigger has suggested that I have tubular stailnless steel stand-
offs fabricated, at unknown
cost, to hold the line off the teak. I have neither the tools nor
the skills to do that myself. I
would appreciate any ideas on how to solve the friction problem
more easily and/or
cheaply.