I was raising my main sail the other day (for the first time) it got stuck and I had a hard time getting it either up or down. In the end the halyard was "wasted". So now I have to get a new halyard. I thought that the reason for the trouble was that the halyard ran inside the mast and that it got stuck somewhere before the block on top of the mast, but when i had a closer look at the mast top i saw that it cannot run outside the mast due to the placement of block at the top of the mast. Did I just had bad luck when the halyard got stuck? I thought that it should be quite easy to raise the main compared with my old Hobie 16.
-The main halyard should run inside the mast, correct?
-How think should it be, 4mm or less so that it does not get stuck?
-Is 20 meter sufficient?
BR
Pontus
Pontas, The halyard runs down the inside of the mast track on my boat (new last year) and I assume yours is the same.
Mine is 3mm I think
20m should be enough as the mast is less than 10m high !
Edit to add "track"
