[C320-list] Remove mast to replace rigging?

[Larry Frank]

Rod,

I replaced my current rigging in a graduated approach so some is now 14
years old and everything is at least 10 years old.  All the rigging was
replaced (but not at the same time) before I did a race across the Gulf of
Mexico from Texas to Vericruz MX in 2006.  WindSwept is a 1995 model.

How long rigging lasts is a question much like what anchor do you prefer.
The best accepted wisdom here in a warm salt water climate is that the
first 10 years should be trouble free.  After that rigging needs to be
watched closely.  

My suggestion is to talk to surveyors (not riggers) in your area and see
what they recommend regarding rigging life.

Larry
C320 #246

On 6/23/15, 11:36 AM, "Rod Boer" <rod.boer1 at verizon.net> wrote:

>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-----
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>Of Larry Frank
>Sent: Monday, June 22, 2015 9:48 PM
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>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
>
>