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Old 04-27-2014, 01:22 PM
tanner tanner is offline
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Default braided dacron halyard -- twisting

Hello all.....I'm new to the group and live in Virginia. I converted my Camper and Nicholson 32 to a junk rigged schooner....I am having a problem with my halyards twisting. I've googled and no luck and thought I may get answers here. I tried searching before posting but no luck. Sorry if this topic has been brought up before.....
The braided line was purchase from a vendor on ebay (this could be the problem). It is 3/8" with 3-1 purchase. There are no swivels on the blocks. The yard angle is about 45*. The double block up top has the pin pointing in towards the mast. I brought the halyard back to the cockpit through two deck blocks and one bullseye. From the very beginning, I noticed the line twisting. It wasn't bad at first but without fail, after the sail is hauled up, the line in the cockpit has kinks and you can see the twists in the parts. I replaced the line on the fore....same vendor and still have the problem. Same on the main. I have tried taking the twists out but no luck.....
I have not had this problem before using 3 strand and heard that braided wouldn't kink. Is there such a thing as 'seconds' in the roping industry? Could my problem be because the vendor is buying the end of spools or seconds???
Thanks for any help or advice
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