What a racket!!

[clyst]

Visited a marina yesterday to help a friend do a minor repair but bloody hell even in the cabin the noise from halyards slapping alloy mast (other boats) was unbearable !! Please tell me all you marina users do you ever get to sleep at night , do marina staff tend to loose halyards or is it something you live with ?
Just curious .

Terry

 

[BrendanS]

I love the noise in Marina's.

Doesn't keep me awake, and is quietly reassuring in a weird way. Let's me know that I've left the rat race behind, and that I'm on my boat enjoying life on the water, albeit for a short time

Maybe I'm strange?

 

[qsiv]

I also like the noise of marinas anchorages - but more so the wind in the rigging, the slap of water etc.

Halyards flapping are just a nightmare - simply sloppy - and the wear and tear on bothe the halyard and the rig is unnecessary. I'm lucky insofar as my halyards are internal - but the fall of spinnaker halyards,pole lifts etc still need to be moved away from the mast when the trip is over. My bane is the 'sidewinder' that drives the endless loop for the heel of the spi pole. The proximity of the two parts and the tension means that it is prone to a really nasty hum thats windspeed dpendant, and the tension has to be adjusted to quiten it..

 

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[webcraft]

Re: MFS - Study with the Best!

For those freezing cold scantily clad midnight dashes on deck when you just can't stand it any more a handy roll of electrical tape can sometimes provide a speedy solution.

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[wishbone]

Try sleeping in the next bunk to someone snoring! give me the slapping anytime, for a really good sleep get some foam ear defenders, or you could try a bottle of falling down water!

Wishbone

 

[maris]

any advice on how to stop aerial wires making a noise inside the mast?

 

[billskip]

Good question ...I have the same problem with wind aerial and light cables..it has been suggested to sprey expanding foam in at intervals down the mast but not tried as dont know what effect it will have on halyards also water may collect and cause damage to the mast..(experts advice please)..in the end maybe the mast will have to come down and some sort of fixing made but this I hope will not be the case.

Bill
www.aegeansailing.co.uk
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www.macsyachting.com

 

[wishbone]

If you fill the mast at intervals with foam you will have a problem if you need to replace a cable in the future!

Wishbone

 

[Johnjo]

My sabre is fitted with a A frame, takes about 15 mins to drop the
mast, so this spring when I drop it for its annual inspection, going
to fit some holders to the cross trees to hold the handling lines away
from the mast, the lines will be flicked on and off as necessary,
meant to have done it this year, but forgot!
so hopefully no more naked midnight dashes in the drizzle, tend to dress
for the first trip, its the second and third trip that gets tedious!!!
mind you I had a look through a mates night viewer this summer, makes
you think twice about a pee over the side!!!!!

regards mike

 

[colinroybarrett]

Aerial & other wires:-

One solution offered (but not personally tried) is to affix three cable ties at about 120deg every so often down the loose cable, don’t cut the ends off as these then hold the cable away from the interior wall of the mast. Less problematical than foam clumps when it comes to re-threading halyards – Cheap too!


Cheers,
Colin Barrett
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[Metabarca]

Re: MFS - Study with the Best!

B***y hell, Webcraft, I knew the British were both hardy and a bit peculiar (public schools and all that) but surely a bottle would be more comfortable than sticky tape if no heads are available...!

 

[Johnjo]

Re: MFS - Study with the Best!

Did wonder about that myself!
But being British was to much of a gentleman to ask
or to comment!!!!!

regards mike

 

[ianwright]

Re: MFS - Study with the Best!

Aunty Vi,
Does the course include advice on the real cures? Have a wooden boat.Have a wooden mast. Have nice soft halyards running through wooden blocks. Sleep the sleep of the just.

I have had people step aboard to reduce the noise, but in my case bellowing "Stop Bloody Snoring! works only for a short time.
IanW.

Vertue 203, Patience

 

[AndyL]

If you can remove them

refit them with bunches of cable ties with the tails left on in a star or cross postion about every metre of length. The tails keep the wires from rattling.

Alternatively, you can tape the wires to a 3mm spectra line which you then haul very tight.

I do not recommend foam.

Cheers, Andy