Main halyard

Thanks for that garry, i think were going to adjust the block this afternoon. Russ, we shud try and all get to a assymetic event at grafham or sumwhere maybe in april or early summer.

I'm thinking of changing from a wire/rack to a rope/cleat system as I find either the wire or the rope is constantly fraying which annoys me and threatens to break inside the mast just when you don't want it to (ie 15 mins before the first start). If you start with the rope a metre too long you can cut 200mm off every few months to pretty much garantee it wont fail.

My first Contender had rope/cleat and I've always wanted to go back to it. If you use 2 cleats in line then they both seems to last ok. But you do need to have them out of line of the turning block so that they don't burn the cams when you're pulling the halyard fast for the first bit of the hoist.

Originally posted by olly_love do u guys mean TASA or TAZER the boat

Of course you meant TASA or Tasar.

Edited by Matt Jackson

errm ive seen a similar system on some 505 where a furel on the wire goes into a catch at the top of the mast the guys with this system took a while to get the knack of it but once they did it seemed really good. means they have a rope halyard and then a really sort bit of wire which is gona strech very little!

Halyard locks have been around for donkeys, the idea being to reduce compression loads on the mast. My spare finn mast has one, but my good one has been modified to an internal halyard with a cleat on the front of the mast.