[C320-list] Standing Rigging-Winter Layup

[Kaare Wold]

Many thanks to all that posted a reply to my winter layup question. This group is a wealth of knowledge and experience.
Kaare & Mary. Sheet Music

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> On Sep 25, 2015, at 9:36 PM, Jeff Hare <Catalina at thehares.com> wrote:
> 
> We're in the northeast, and never touch our rigging during haulout over the
> winter or at the docks during the summer.  We haul the boat in the winter
> and put it on blocks/stands.  Since the rigging is typically tensioned to no
> more than about 1/10 of the working load (?) of the cables the tension is
> relatively insignificant and whether it's on land or in the water, the rig
> is designed to take significantly more stress than it gets sitting at the
> dock or even on stand.  Once the cables stretch initially, they're going to
> stay pretty much exactly the same for the rest of their working life.
> 
> My suggestion is to simply keep it tensioned properly and leave it alone.
> When you're sailing on a reach in strong winds, keep an eye out for floppy
> shrouds on the downwind side.  I keep my rigging set so that they loosen
> some but are still mildly firm and don't flop around in these conditions.
> 
> What we do however is to remove the shackles and tie the ends of both the
> topping lift and the main halyard together into a large bulky knot, then
> connect a new piece of 5/16" or similar nylon line to this knot ball.  Then
> pull that knot to the top of the mast.  The nylon line gets wrapped around
> the back stay a dozen times and tied off on the stern rail.  We do the same
> thing with the spinnaker and genoa halyards, wrapping that nylon line around
> the forestay and tying it off near the anchor.  In the spring, we pull on
> the nylon line and bring the halyards back down to the deck.
> 
> This gets all the halyards inside the mast or under the winter cover so that
> they don't get any UV and weather wear and tear over the winter.  Our
> halyards are still in excellent shape after 14 years (although the main
> halyard did get replaced with a high tech line 2 years after we got the
> boat).
> 
> -my $.02
> -Jeff Hare
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: C320-list [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf
> Of Kaare Wold
> Sent: Friday, September 25, 2015 12:13 AM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: [C320-list] Standing Rigging-Winter Layup
> 
> Skippers-Here in Wisconsin we haul out, winterize, cover, and store outdoors
> with mast up.  Is it advisable to loosen each turnbuckle a couple of turns
> or is it ok to leave the rig tensioned as is?  Thanks for your comments and
> advice on this debated subject.
> Kaare Wold. Sheet Music #945
> 
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