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Posted by CAN 14835 on 7/31/2010, 9:01 am, in reply to "Replacing the wire which tensions the jib halyard"
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--Previous Message-- : I have purchased an older wooden : Fireball (KC 10406). The jib halyard : is wire, which is tensioned by a : wire with a two-block tackle : attached to a magic box. : : I don't want to replace the entire : set-up now: I want to sail. But the : wire is worn and needs replacing. : Could I use a synthetic high-strain : rope in its place? Can I put easily : put eye-splices into such rope? : : What kind of rope am I looking for? : The wire is 2, perhaps 3 mm. in : diameter. : : Thanks : : John : Magic Box

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Mike McEvoy
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Message Thread Replacing the wire which tensions the jib halyard - johnskennedyabcd 7/23/2010, 8:44 am Re: Replacing the wire which tensions the jib halyard - Jeremy_ 7/30/2010, 9:17 am Magic Box on Craigslist - CAN 14835 7/31/2010, 9:01 am « Back to index

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