In my past sailing life - in Lasers we prevented wear to the alloy tiller from
the rope traveller that we really pulled down hard by taping plastic from a
washing up bottle around the tiller. It was remarkable how it prevented the
wear. The rope glided over the plastic and didn't slice into it. I actually had
worn partly through an alloy tiller before doing this.
I'm going to try this on the launcher throat in the wear areas.
Steve
BDally6107@xxxxxxx wrote:
Keith,
As Greg said, the 18" stopper knot should help eliminate this problem because
the halyard never gets pulled inside of the throat. The retrieval line should
have a cover if it is tapered like the manual shows and if the cover is the
recommended one (Samson), it should not be doing a lot of damage assuming again
that you have the stopper knot to keep it from bunching up in the sock. I do
occasionally see some grooves and I try to fix them before they get serious.
It may be a good idea to use hybrid in the future since it is much more
abrasion resistant.
Bram
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