Genoa sheaves

This has been a less than happy side to the trip, the main genoa halyard sheave broke last week. It was swopped by the rigger at Largs for the spare halyard which has also now jammed. This simply has to be sorted, so after the Crinan we headed to Ardfern yacht centre, which has fascilities to fix defective rigging. Namely John and Duncan, mast monkeys extraordinaire!

Duncan, an alright guy for a Yorkshireman!

No it won't move........

 

Tomorrow they will take out the mast head box and hopefully replace the knackred sheaves, achieving this without un stepping the mast will make me a very happy man and and also qualify as a minor miracle, Ardfern has a much nicer feel than Largs, it's that laid back west coast feeling.

It's also the first time I have been grateful for running back stays and an inner forestay, normally they are a pain in the arse. In this case they will hold the mast up when the forestay and back stay are removed to get at the masthead box.

I was idly looking up at the masthead this evening contemplating the job tomorrow, when an eagle flew around the mast being mobbed by a seagull........only on the west coast.

I love it here..........