merjan
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Hi, our jib halyard is exiting the mast through a sheave on the mast foot to port, and the main halyard is the same but to starboard. I would like to swap these round, so I can lead the main halyard to the port coachroof winch and the jib halyard to the starboard one.
The question is how do I ensure that the halyards don't get twisted in the mast so they don't foul each other when both are tensioned. I guess I somehow need to make sure the main halyard remains as aft possible by possibly tensioning the jib halyard (and others), but I was wondering if there some non-obvious tricks of the rigger trade. Any advice would be very much appeciated!
The question is how do I ensure that the halyards don't get twisted in the mast so they don't foul each other when both are tensioned. I guess I somehow need to make sure the main halyard remains as aft possible by possibly tensioning the jib halyard (and others), but I was wondering if there some non-obvious tricks of the rigger trade. Any advice would be very much appeciated!
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