Posted by Mike Lucas on May 21, 2001 at 09:42:41:
In Reply to: sadler 32 genoa posted by sean morley on May 13, 2001 at 18:27:36:
The story as described by Sean suggests that you certainly have a mix up with genoa halyards at the top and at the bottom. I suggest first step is to ensure that the halyard on the port side exits the mast on the port side and similarly for the halyard starboard side, exits the mast through the starboard sheave at the heel fitting. You will also need to check that you do not develop a halyard twist (one with the other, or with another halyard), which will bring about considerable friction and wear. It may be that if you sense a real problem within the mast, you need to run a messenger with a mouse and re-thread them – this is a tricky job and may well require a rigger to do this for you.
Having sorted the haylards out within the mast, it is essential in my view that your main no. 1 genoa halyard passes through the halyard deflector (bullseye fairlead near the top of the mast). I have written an article on the importance of this in the Stop Press section, which you can access by clicking on this button on the left hand side of the “home page”.
In your case, the bullseye fairlead has been fitted on the port side of the mast and therefore it is essential that the port side halyard feeds through the deflector lead straight on to the top swivel.
Hope this helps – give me a call if you would like to talk about it further, Mike