[C320-list] Remove mast to replace rigging?

[Rod Boer]

Hi Larry,
How much time do you have on the current rigging?  Is this the first time
you replaced it? As I recall you sail in the ocean.  I sail on the
Chesapeake Bay, about 40 miles from the top which is fed by the Susquehanna
River which is fresh water.  There is about 180 miles from where I sail to
the bottom where the tides from the Atlantic enter the bay.  I don't
experience rust marks on any of the SS unless I sail much closer to the
bottom of the bay.  I am trying to get a sense of when I should consider
replacing the rigging.
Rod Boer, Odyssey #688 

-----Original Message-----
From: C320-list [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf
Of Larry Frank
Sent: Monday, June 22, 2015 9:48 PM
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Subject: [C320-list] Remove mast to replace rigging?

I am planning on replacing all of the standing rigging on WindSwept
C320#246.  My normal rigger said he would have to drop the mast because
replacement of one of the lowers (don¹t remember if it was the for or aft)
and the intermediates would require removing the spreaders.  I consulted a
second rigger by phone and he confirmed that this could be the case.  What
is your experience?

Larry