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    Posted: 15 Jan 13 at 1:38pm
The halyard is external. The top cleat is on the front of the mast and the bottom one is on the stbd side. Mine has a double pulley top fitting to make sure that the halyard doesn't pull too hard on the carbon on either side. It's like this on all of the superspar externally rigged masts. It may be that if the pulley is angled backwards and is only a single then the halyard will rub on the front of the mast.
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the rigger-release systems are required on I14s aren't they? so that they can lower the main at sea if needed. Even where they don't bother with a halyard as such.
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Originally posted by maxibuddah

The halyard is external. The top cleat is on the front of the mast and the bottom one is on the stbd side. Mine has a double pulley top fitting to make sure that the halyard doesn't pull too hard on the carbon on either side. It's like this on all of the superspar externally rigged masts. It may be that if the pulley is angled backwards and is only a single then the halyard will rub on the front of the mast.
 
I think you've accurately described my Selden mast and why it won't work. Annoying.....
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Originally posted by maxibuddah

The halyard is external. The top cleat is on the front of the mast and the bottom one is on the stbd side. Mine has a double pulley top fitting to make sure that the halyard doesn't pull too hard on the carbon on either side. It's like this on all of the superspar externally rigged masts. It may be that if the pulley is angled backwards and is only a single then the halyard will rub on the front of the mast.


That set up would be quite interesting to see on the CA website for anyone wanting to 'retro fit', if only you knew someone with a camera and access to the website

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Ben Falat has a slightly different set up using a metal wire more like the Europe's and that is on the site in the members area.

Phil, I do have a camera and you might be right that I might have access to the site, but I can't remember the last time I saw my boat to take any photos.

I have more than enough other stuff to do so please go away in the most polite of ways......
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Thanks- useful infomation here!
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