Wow, kind of hard on the guy wouldn't you say? I think he said that this was a removable inner forestay so maybe he wanted something flexible there so he could coil it up and store it away.
The question he asked was what to do to make it through the storm. Asking someone else is apparently not a bad response.
Personally, I am thinking that good halyard line would be pretty strong. Just to throw some numbers out, 3/8 wire is about 14,000 pounds. Two 1/2 inch halyards would be about 17,000 pounds total. I would be more concerned with where they are attached than breaking the lines with no sails up.
Now, that said I think you are talking about some oscillation in the line from the wind. Perhaps you can tie a line and raise it part way up the halyard and take toward to the stern. That should change the resonant frequency and may stop the oscillations. I say this from theory, I have never tried it so take it with a grain of salt.
Allen
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06-29-2009, 02:48 PM
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