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I was in Levington Marina a few days ago, when the wind picked up and all the halyards around the place started tapping against their respective masts. The ones closest to me were making a very good impersonation of the clock from Countdown.

I was trying to work out some tide times during all this, and felt like I was under pressure to complete the calculation within thirty seconds to impress Carol V...

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There is no excuse for leaving your boat with halyards able to tap against the mast. It is bad for the rope and also inconsiderate. It is also very easy to prevent.
 
Halyard tap ...

I agree ...... ok you cannot stop it 100% ... but at least make the effort.

What annoys me though is the later 'in-mast' halyards that are impossible to stop !
 
Re: Halyard tap ...

We have little choice if a good night's sleep is required - wooden mast and wooden hull sets up a great amplifier for any wayward cordage. Those spider bungey things with hooks make quick work of it, I find, even if they don't look traditional - I just have to remember to take them off beofer hoisting sail. I didn't, once, and they all shot up the mast.

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Re: Halyard tap ...

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I just have to remember to take them off beofer hoisting sail. I didn't, once, and they all shot up the mast.


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Did the same thing this summer. Fortunately it's only a small mast but had to drop the mast and re step it once I'd recovered the bungies. Won't do it again.
 
Re: Halyard tap ...

I have in-mast halyards. I dont have any problem with them! The only problem I do have sometimes is a harmonic vibration from the mast when the wind is strong enough and from the right (=wrong) angle - not much I can do about that! /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
 
Re: Halyard tap ...

Havent actually heard it since adding behind mast reefing!

The noise was worse for me than any neighbour as I sleep with head adjacent to the stiffening beneath the tabernacle.
 
Tie-offs .......

Stopped using bungee - I know they are very convenient ... but if forgotten can be a disaster ...

So now I use fabric tapes ... same as used for sail-ties ... and it stops me hoisting sail as they 'hold the halyards' really tight .... (I do have mast based halyards as well - not cockpit led - which influences this as well ....)

Seen here ..... >>

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Re: Tie-offs .......

That's certainly how I used to do it, and will do again, as it looks far more in keeping with Crystal. I do use the bungee straps for gathering up the main and mizzen sails, too, and doing a rough stow before mooring. Then, when safely tied up and at leisure, I re-bag the sail and secure with cloth ties.
 
Re: Tie-offs .......

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Stopped using bungee - I know they are very convenient ... but if forgotten can be a disaster ...


[/ QUOTE ] Also avoids the risk of taking an eye out! Stopped using bungee on the boat years ago, after hearing of a horrible injury caused by bungee hook ends.
 
Re: Tie-offs ....... sail as well ..

I find that I am as quick with a sail tie as with bungee for gathering sail ... its only necessary to do half a granny or reef as the friction itself in the tape holds. Once all gathered up and settled ... I just put a quick half bow on top and that's it ... the bow so that I can pull the end and its undone ... the half granny thats left is then easily pulled out etc.

Only one place do I have bungee with hooks ... thats to hold oven door closed when heeled to port !

My sail cover has laced bungee onto fixed hooks on other side of cover ... so no dangerous flicks into eye's etc.
 
Re: Halyard tap ...

Well of course a wooden boat is a bit like a guitar - a hollow wooden body with a pointee bit with strings on it, its even got a bridge and a lot to fret about! Sorry but you've made me feel a little bit better about keeping the launchman waiting this evening after he should have finished an hour ealier on a b miserable and wet day with 150 dinghy sailors going round Mersea Island.
 
Re: Halyard tap ...

Wasn't it rotten? I was taught a harsh lesson about making hay when the sun shines today as, at 8am, the sun shone on Shotley
Point and I sat on deck with my laptop and a beer in hand, leaving the sails rough-stowed - yesterday, I wasn't sure if I'd be sailing today, and didn't stow properly.

Down comes the rain, and I had to move Crystal, stow sails (wet now) and rig cockpit cover in a horrible downpour. Rank.
 
Re: Halyard tap ...

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I have in-mast halyards. I dont have any problem with them! The only problem I do have sometimes is a harmonic vibration from the mast when the wind is strong enough and from the right (=wrong) angle - not much I can do about that! /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[/ QUOTE ]My friend had that prob on his Dufour 36. Solved by loosening the topping lift. It was the TL which was making the vibration, the mast was a resonant amplifier !!
 
Carol Vordermam

I think you've all missed the real point of Kris's post. He said [ QUOTE ]
I was under pressure to complete the calculation within thirty seconds to impress Carol V...

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so he's really got this crush on Carol and can't get her out of his mind. He's distressed because she is primarily on Ch. 4 and he'd just love to get her into his studio on BBC.
He is using the forum media as a mechanism for coming out of the closet to declare his feelings for her.
I think he needs our sincerest sympathy /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
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