[C320-list] Standing rigging

[Mark Cole]

When I had a new forestay and furler installed, the rigger said that I should have my boat rerigged soon.  He also said that I would need to have the mast pulled to do a quality job.  Have members that have had their boats rerigged pulled the masts in the process?

Thanks,

Mark Cole
Fiddler’s Green #8
Tacoma WA

> On Dec 5, 2018, at 1:54 PM, jackbrennan <jackbrennan at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> 
> I replaced all of the wire. Chainplates and hardware were good. 
> The bill came to $2,300 and change. 
> 
> I'm not sure whether that's a good price or not. Riggers are scarce in West Florida for some reason.
> Suffice it to say it was the best quote I found. One was for close to 4k.
> Jack BrennanSonas, 188 Catalina 320Tierra Verde, FlDolphin Cruising Club of Tampa Bay
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>  On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 2:48 PM, Michael Leschisin<mleschisin at imagestudios.com> wrote:   Hey Jack,
> 
> Thanks for the info on the rigging.  
> 
> Here on the Great Lakes we’re salt free and the season is quite a bit shorter but I’ve been contemplating when to pull the trigger on a rerig (an ounce of prevention and all that…..) 
> Did you replace all of your standing rigging and what did it run you?
> 
> Thanks for the help!
> 
> 
> Michael Leschisin
> #995, Wild Blue Yonder
> Menominee, MI
> 
>> On Dec 5, 2018, at 1:20 PM, John Brennan <jackbrennan at bellsouth.net> wrote:
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>> A Gentle reminder for those of you putting off new standing rigging on your aging 320. I just had my new-to-me 1998 320 rerigged. The standing rigging was original, but the boat had been lightly used, so I expected it be in decent shape.
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>> Well, the backstay had EIGHT broken strands, and several of the shrouds were deteriorating as well. Oddly, the broken strands were not by the swages, but elsewhere in the wire. 
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>> Admittedly, this is in Florida, a little north of the subtropical zone, but fair warning. Losing a stay can bring down your rig. A couple of thousand dollars for new rigging is cheap insurance against a disaster.
>> 
>> Jack Brennan
>> Sonas, 1998 Catalia 320, no. 528
>> Tierra Verde, Fl.
>> Dolphin Cruising Club of Florida
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