We build new Wire to Rope Halyards and wire/rope Furling Lines using type 316 stainless wire and low stretch braid tails. We have wire sizes from 3/32 to 1/4 dia. and we stock rope in various tracer colours from 1/4 to 5/8. To speed up delivery we have a stock of pre-made halyards with longer tails to fit most standard boats with winches back on the cabin top. Please click on the picture to your right to view our quality product.  

We have some solid colours in 5/16 and 3/8 for tails on furling lines and smaller halyards. We can also do repairs like new tails on your own wire or make a splice using customer supplied material.

If you have a special requirement or a problem with your halyards we would be glad to advise. Many sailors have a problem with "meathooks" in halyard wire caused by the wire moving across stainless steel guides at the masthead or by riding across stainless wearbars at the exit boxes. The use of galvanized wire instead of stainless steel should be considered. Many sailors that have switched to hi-tect materials for halyards have once again replaced them with new wire to rope halyards like the originals because of durability and lower price. If you have trouble trying to find a replacement ROPE TO WIRE HALYARD for your boat we are still making new ones every day like we have done for nearly 50 Years.

We also carry a limited amount of spectra/dynema in small diameters for halyards with pigtails. We developed over thirty years ago a special core splice for hi-tect materials like kevlar and vectran that is now used by others in the marine industry.

Our Wire to Rope halyards have been tested by experienced sailors in both club races and in long distance ocean races throughout North America. Cruising boats using Yates Custom Rigging Wire to Rope Halyards have made many ocean crossings. Today we are just renewing many original halyards on production boats that we made over 30 years ago.

We have done random strength testing on our halyards over the years and we have always seen more than 80% of breaking strength of the wire. Sometimes we have seen 3700# wire break at more than 3400#. We make all halyards as if we were using them to go aloft ourselves. The strength is directly affected by the amount of taper thus the reason for the longer splice on the outside. Most wire to rope halyards today have to take heavy sailing loads with the wire cut short to use modern rope clutches. Having wire on the winch nearly disappeared when we started using braided rope for tails.

 

 If you are shopping around for Wire to Rope Halyards, just remember all halyards are not created equal. Compare the halyard you are buying with any marine supplier selling YCR Halyards in their store or on the internet. Price is not all that matters, I make every one as if it might be taking me up and down the mast for years to come. I made my first wire to rope halyard in April 1968, 49 years ago. Yesterday I made a new Jib Halyard for a CAL 36 and that American Classic has been out of production for a very long time.

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For our American friends there should be an advantage buying your halyards in Canada. The Canadian dollar's value sits at about 76 US Cents. We will quote  you a price in CDN dollars and you can pay by PAYPAL in US dollars..