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I just bought a Coronado 15; my first boat (yea!). Prior to my purchase, I did notice a wire rope was broken and the seller did tell me it was one of the halyards. He gave me lots of extra parts, including a new wire rope and a thimble. He showed me his swage-it tool and said it should be fairly easy to put a new halyard together.
After looking at the manual, where it describes the halyard lock, I realized that there was more to this than swaging loops on the end of the wire rope. While searching for ball swages for the lock, I discovered that since they are stainless steel they cannot be hand crimped/swaged.
I had already done searches for "c15 halyard" and "coronado 15 halyard", in hopes that a new, and complete, halyard would be waiting for an owner. No luck there. While I was looking for swaging parts and tools, I noticed one of the places also does custom work. I called and they wanted to know how many pounds of pressure is needed for the ball swage. Arg! I don't know.
I have no idea what to do at this point, other than forget the halyard lock and sail while the fabric line stretches (assuming that's the reason for the lock). Does anyone know how I can get a halyard for my Coronado 15? Or, how many pounds of pressure are needed for the ball swage for the halyard lock? Are there other solutions I am not considering?
Thanks In Advance,
-Q
After looking at the manual, where it describes the halyard lock, I realized that there was more to this than swaging loops on the end of the wire rope. While searching for ball swages for the lock, I discovered that since they are stainless steel they cannot be hand crimped/swaged.
I had already done searches for "c15 halyard" and "coronado 15 halyard", in hopes that a new, and complete, halyard would be waiting for an owner. No luck there. While I was looking for swaging parts and tools, I noticed one of the places also does custom work. I called and they wanted to know how many pounds of pressure is needed for the ball swage. Arg! I don't know.
I have no idea what to do at this point, other than forget the halyard lock and sail while the fabric line stretches (assuming that's the reason for the lock). Does anyone know how I can get a halyard for my Coronado 15? Or, how many pounds of pressure are needed for the ball swage for the halyard lock? Are there other solutions I am not considering?
Thanks In Advance,
-Q