[C320-list] Standing rigging

[John Brennan]

Hi Mark:

My rigger had a dockside crane at the boatyard, so the mast stayed in.

If you live in a place where you haul out for the winter, it makes sense to do it when the mast is down. In fact, it would not be too difficult to replace the rigging yourself. Remove the old wires, send them off to be duplicated and install them in the spring.

But if the mast stays up all year, there’s no reason the boat couldn’t be rerigged at some point when it’s in the water. (Don’t climb masts on the hard …) It’s more exhausting for the rigger to do it when the mast is up, but it’s less expensive for you, at least where I live.

Pulling the mast makes sense when you have other work to do it on it (spreaders, etc.), but it’s not necessary with a simple replacement of the wires. 

Jack Brennan
Sonas, 1998 Catalina 320, no. 528
Tierra Verde, Fl.
Dolphin Cruising Club of Tampa Bay



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From: Mark Cole
Sent: Thursday, December 6, 2018 12:24 PM
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Standing rigging

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:
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> 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. 
>> 
>> 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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