I replaced my very old genoa halyard with a new one today without too much hassle, using a messenger line.
But, my next 2 halyard jobs will be trickier: (i) installing a new spinnaker halyard over an open/empty sheeve (making use of both available spinaker sheeves), and changing the exit slot for the topping lift halyard to let the new spinnaker halyard use a preferred exit slot.
There are lots of You Tube videos about pulling a halyard with a messenger line (or by end-to-end binding to an existing halyard), but I've only found one for installing a new messenger line (Rigging Doctor):
It's quite clever!. I was all set to use a fishing weight on a messenger line, but I'd already realized how tricky it might be to get the weight to, and out of, our rather small exit fittings (being non-magnetic, I'd be trying to hook it out somehow - I can just imagine how much trial and error that might take...).
Does anyone here have additional tricks, or any refinements on the chain+magnet method, that you can offer?
Thanks!
But, my next 2 halyard jobs will be trickier: (i) installing a new spinnaker halyard over an open/empty sheeve (making use of both available spinaker sheeves), and changing the exit slot for the topping lift halyard to let the new spinnaker halyard use a preferred exit slot.
There are lots of You Tube videos about pulling a halyard with a messenger line (or by end-to-end binding to an existing halyard), but I've only found one for installing a new messenger line (Rigging Doctor):
Does anyone here have additional tricks, or any refinements on the chain+magnet method, that you can offer?
Thanks!