halyard eye splice - replacement advice please

[Neeves]

The halyard knot might also be called a scaffold knot? Its cheap, simple and gets smaller the more you use it - so not sure its easy to undoe. We used it on our Dyneema lifelines when we replaced the 'covered' stainless steel wire ones, on our bridle/snubber and halyards as we end to end them.

Jonathan

 

[lw395]

The halyard knot might also be called a scaffold knot? Its cheap, simple and gets smaller the more you use it - so not sure its easy to undoe. We used it on our Dyneema lifelines when we replaced the 'covered' stainless steel wire ones, on our bridle/snubber and halyards as we end to end them.

Jonathan

I've had enough dyneema break at the knot that I would not trust it for lifelines.

Either the sheave is too small, or the splice can be made smaller.

 

[Neeves]

We've had, apparently good, stainless fail - find me something failure proof?

Jonathan

 

[Rossynant]

Failure proof knot on halyard is one that's periodically cut off, together with the part working in the sheave. Buy more line and throw away fatigued part after some time.
For stainless line working where it's bent - 7x16, or even better - stranded kind (with fibre core or independent core, ordinary layed)
Not having experience much wit dyneema, but there are knots not breaking the filaments, some the fishermen use may do, could propose one also if knew english name...

 

[Uricanejack]

When I bought a new mainsail halyard, I asked for an eye splce with thimble. Lovely job, perfect splice tough as old boots. However, the splice goes back approximately eight inches after the thimble and the increased thickness won't go round the sheave at the top of the mast - so my halyard is stopping eight inches short. Might explain the slight bagginess in the main sail although the luff has always seemed quite tight - but even an extra inch or two might solve the problem (which now I think of it has only appeared since I got the new halyard. Given time I get there eventually.)

So to give me the extra few inches what do forumites suggest? I can quite easily lose the eight inches as the halyard has some spare.

What you need is a longer mast

 

[temptress]

your "This" is just what i do & very simple to "end for end" the halliard

Me too........