Jib Halyards

[George Southern]

I've owned #101 almost four years now and never thought about the jib halyard until the outer covering separated. In replacing it I encountered a mystery: The jib halyard in use terminates on a cleat on the starboard side of the mast, clearly labeled "jib halyard" from the factory. But there's also a line from a port side brake labeled "jib halyard." This line feeds into the mast and disappears! I can't find any terminus! The line is taut. My rigger says the jib halyard needs to feed to a winch for proper tightening, not just be cleated on the mast. Please, someone explain why I have two jib halyards, and why one them disappears in the mast. Thank you!

[bill pittore]

Unless the previous owner (if there was one) did something strange the jib halyard that goes to the clutch should be the actual jib halyard. Do you have a spinnaker halyard that goes to a clutch? There are two sheaves just above the jib sheave on the top of the mast. One would be for the spinnaker and the other for some other sail or just for hoisting stuff. One of those two could be going to the cleat.

Bill

On Apr 18, 2024, at 7:50 PM, George Southern <george....@gmail.com> wrote:

I've owned #101 almost four years now and never thought about the jib halyard until the outer covering separated. In replacing it I encountered a mystery: The jib halyard in use terminates on a cleat on the starboard side of the mast, clearly labeled "jib halyard" from the factory. But there's also a line from a port side brake labeled "jib halyard." This line feeds into the mast and disappears! I can't find any terminus! The line is taut. My rigger says the jib halyard needs to feed to a winch for proper tightening, not just be cleated on the mast. Please, someone explain why I have two jib halyards, and why one them disappears in the mast. Thank you!

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[George Southern]

Bill,

Thanks for your quick reply. The original owner of #101 was Rory McGuinness, whom you may remember because he was an active participant on this website. I no doubt erred when I said the labeling was from the factory; it looks very professional but it could be that Rory or a subsequent owner did it. I do have a separate spinnaker halyard going to a clutch. So you have partially answered my question—there is an extra sheave. That apparently is the one being used for my jib halyard. And the “real” jib halyard—did it get lost at the top of the mast at some point? As I said, the line goes from the jib halyard brake to the mast, up the mast a ways and then inside, and that’s all I know!

-George

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[Delbert Patterson]

Hi George,

I am the current (and original) owner of hull #100. I have a set of four clutches on the port side of the companionway. The one labeled “jib halyard” exits the mast just below the forestry attachment point. There is another set of four clutches on the starboard side of the companionway. One of those is labeled “spinachor halyard”. It exits the mast a little ways above the forestry attachment point. There are no clutches or cleats at the mast.

Del Patterson

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[bill pittore]

Hi George,

 I just looked at a picture of the mast and I remembered the placement of the sheaves incorrectly. Where the jib halyard comes out of the mast there are two sheaves at that point. One is the main jib halyard that goes back to the clutch and the other is a ’spare’. The spinnaker halyard comes out of the mast about 2’ above the forestay attachment which is just above the jib sheaves. Looks like you’re using the ’spare’ jib halyard and the ‘main’ jib halyard is possibly stuck in the sheave. Someone will probably need to go up the mast to inspect.

Bill

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[George Southern]

Thank you Bill and Delbert for your further input. 

Delbert—since our two vessels were built back to back, that is a mystery that you have no cleat on the mast.

Bill—it sounds like you have called it. I’m using the “spare jib halyard” without benefit of leading back to the cockpit. The main jib must be stuck in the sheave. I’ll add this to “the list,” but in the meantime just use the spare one.

Thanks to you both!

George

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