J/30 Class Association Forums J/30 Forum The Boat, Sails and Equipment Halyard Routing in Mast

Can someone with a few minutes, and knowledge, draw me up a rough sketch of the correct routing( sheaves, exit plates) that apply to each halyard? I searched and can't get an answer as to where the main halyard is suppose to exit the mast. My main exits at the upper most exit plate(middle) on the starboard side. And I don't have a spin halyard in the mast. I just have two jib halyards run over the sheaves beneath the forstay, and exiting the port exit plates. I think I have a topping lift exiting the forward most exit plate on the starboard side. And nothing exiting the aftward most plate on the starboard side.

[This message has been edited by MangoMadnesss (edited 08-14-2008).]

O.k. , Can someone just tell me where their Main haylard exits the mast?

Aft, middle, or forward exit box on starboard side?

On the starboard side, the main exits at the aft exit plate, the spin the middle plate (should be a bit higher than the main), and the pole topping lift at the forward exit plate (should be lower than spin or main).

Thanks Jason, Thats what I figured. By the way that middle sheave is grooved, it appears PO or OO had it routed a different way, for a long time.

Upon further contemplation I won't need to install a stand up block because the grooved one will be the spin halyard and I could probably just fill and try to repair the aluminum with jb weld and smooth it out. This might be sufficient for the spin.