Noise on the Beach

Wrap them around the mast for storage as opposed to just cleating them. In the 16 wrap the main halyard a couple of times and it will be quiet. HTH, Ricardo.

For a boat with spreaders on the mast, Sailcare sells something called a Halyard Silencer:

http://www.sailcare.com/mobri-servosilencer.shtml

On my Prindle I'd occasionally string a bungee between halyards and a side stay. This did an ok job of holding them away from the mast, but it's not an arrangement I ever left alone for any length of time. So I don't know how well it would stand up to sustained wind, etc. That was a desperation measure to get the halyards to shut up when we were camping with our boat.

Tom

Years ago we has six Hobie 16s at our beach house...ours and lots of friends. The "Tink, tink, tink" was maddening. We would tie the main halyard to a line off the rear crossbar and pull it taught, wrapping the line around behind one shroud before coming to the mast (to create some space up at the top and then cleat it. We would wrap the jib halyard outside of the other shroud before wrapping around the mast and cinching it up tight with the blocks.

For Hobie 16s, if you have the old style halyard with the reefing bead, you need to tie the end of the halyard line to the wire line to create a loop, then run the bead up the mast until it pops out of the track. Then, tie the halyard to the bridle. Wrapping it around the forestay helps, too.

thanks all. i am sure the folks who live at the beach will appreciate it...........and i am sure looking forward to having my boat on the beach mast up all summer long.....

That constant "clinking" used to drive me crazy on the monohulls. It is VERY easy to eliminate. You want the ends secured anyway, so one of them doesn't end up at the masthead, forcing you to tip the boat to retrieve it.
Once you are done sailing, hold the shackle in one hand & bring the halyard around to the rear, by going outside the trap lines & shroud. Pull it up or down, to wherever suits your particular setup, so you only have about 5' of line on the tramp. Next make a bight in the halyard line, then push a portion of the standing end through the bight, so it forms a small loop. Hook the halyard shackle onto this loop, & secure the shackle. Most shackles are of the captive spring pin variety, so this procedure takes about 3 seconds.
Now you are left with only the bitter end of the halyard dangling, & shackle secured to this line. Take it to the stern & wrap it once or twice around the rear beam, tramp lacing, or whatever is easy on your particular boat. Pull a bit of tension into it, & secure with a couple of half hitches.
The entire wire line is now on a good angle from the masthead, far away from anything it can knock against. The shackle is in mid air, & there is no wire rope to rub the anodizing from the mast. It takes the same 3-5 seconds to undo it for the next sail.