Steering cable misalignment

[Friday Girl]

I am semi-methodically moving through my old boat systems and find myself in the steering department. I noticed that the cable run from the sheaves to the quadrant are not even close to level. As a result I see the cable is beginning to fray where is is running on the lower lip of the groove in the quadrant.
I initially thought that using smaller sheaves would improve the alignment then read that the size of the pulley is dictated by the cable diameter. I don't really have anywhere to mount secondary sheaves to improve the alignment and am at a loss for how to address this issue.
Any ideas???

[Orion Jim]

Perhaps the quadrant can be adjusted to line up with the sheaves? You should be able to slide it up or down the rudder shaft as needed. If not you can contact Edson for advice. They have engineers on staff who are always helpful. You simply must have the correct sheaves for the application.