Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] lifting with mizzen boom, climbing mizzen, and halyard lengths
James Alton
Danny,
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I will second your concerns about using external halyards, I avoid them as well and this started even before the incident described to follow: I once had the swivel of a spinnaker halyard part offshore which didn’t surprise me that much. What did surprise me was that I replaced the broken block with an identical block that had been stored for some number of years in a drawer on the boat. The block was still in it’s original packaging so unused, vintage unknown as this was a delivery job so not my boat. The replacement block broke in exactly the same place when I tied off the spinnaker halyard with just a bit of tension added by hand. The break was rusty and it looked like crevice corrosion of the stainless. Thanks for bringing this danger to the attention of other Amelians. Best, James SV Sueño Maramu #220
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