Ok what I am thinking to do is put it back together the way I think it was most recently with the halyards aft of the bar and I will put the electrical cables forward of the bar. Clearly the halyards had been rubbing over this bar and I think I will just help them out a bit by filing the edges a bit and rounding the surface over to keep chafing to a minimum.
Now if it would stop raining here I could do something more interesting like finish the hull work........................
