A few years ago, I swapped out my old rope/wire main and jib halyards for all-rope, using Dyneema for both. Losing the eye in the jib halyard's rope-to-wire connection, I also lost any way of hooking my 4-1 jib halyard tensioning system. The various attempted fixes for this have been unsatisfactory and unreliable. Also, the main halyard, led and cleated to an under-thwart cam on the starboard side, tends to pop out of the cam on a regular basis (especially on windy days). So, I am considering reinstalling my old rope/wire halyards. Any suggestions?
Another mast-related question I posted a while ago in another thread:
My DS 1 mast steps on the keel, into a fitting that allows for several different fore/aft positions for pre-bend. Between the bottom of the actual mast and the fitting is a detachable metal cast (aluminum, I think) base which houses the three blocks for internally routed jib, main, and spinnaker halyards. The bottom on this detachable base fits into the slot in the keel-mounted step fitting. I used the keep the boat at a club in dry dock with the mast left stepped. Now that I am trailering to all of our sailing, I am stepping and un-stepping the mast every time we sail. Is there any reason why I cannot, or should not, fix that detachable mast base into the bottom of my mast, perhaps with a couple of (removable) set screws? This would make the stepping/unstepping process a bit simpler. Thanks.