Help on rigging needed

[vital spark]

Hi all
I am very new to sailing and this is my 1st yacht
I need some help i am now the owner of vital spark dont have an age or know very much about her apart from she sailed around the glasgow area some 10 years ago and was on a trailer when i got her so here is my problem
i have the mast but need help to work out the standing/running rigging on the mast mostly the running rigging ie halyards how many yes as i said very new to sailing so 1 for headsail 1 for mainsail. do I have 2nd 1 for spinnaker or do I use the headsail one and 2nd 1 for trysail or is that the mainsail for that
There are to halyards on the mast at the moment but will have to replace is this an easy job ???and is it better done when mast is up or down ??
thanks again
alex

[JBaldo]

Alex

Congratulations on getting an Eygthene and welcome to the forum.

Look at the top of your mast. Siddique does not have a standard Eygthene mast, but there are two halyard sheeves (for a pair of genoa halyards) on the front of the mast below the forestay fitting and one (for the spinnaker) above.

At the top of the mast on the back are two sheeves, the top one for the topping lift and the lower one for the main halyard.

If you have these sheeves but some of the halyards are missing, it is difficult to reeve new halyards without getting them crossed inside the mast. Crossed halyards tend to bind on one another and make it hard to hoist the sail and cause rapid wear of the halyards.

A rigger will remove the heel fitting when the mast is down and feed the halyards in with equipment to prevent crossing.

Worn halyards can be replaced by sewing the new one to the end of the old one and pulling the new one in as the old one is withdrawn. This can be done with the mast up or down.

Eygthenes do not usually have a trysail.

John