Mast Work & Rebed Bow Pulpit

I pulled the mast for some work that included replacing the main halyard sheaves, lubricating sheaves for the jib and spinnaker, replace the headstay, and some cosmetic painting.  Below is where the sheave box is attached.  This was removed, then the area cleaned up and sanded due to some oxidation.  The area was primed with Zinc Chromate paint, then sprayed with Gloss White Krylon.

The sheave box is designed to maintain separation for up to 4 halyards.In the picture below, you can see how the sheaves are on a diagonal to maintain seperation where the halyards turn inside the mast.  Note I have one regular halyard and two messenger halyards installed.

Similary, The external portion has 2 jib halyards below the headstay and, the potential for 2 spinnaker halyards above the headstay, although we just use 1 on Rhapsody.

Finally, someone took a picture of me trying to squeeze out of the bow compartment where I was reaching to turn bolts on the bow pulpit to rebed them.