[Public-list] Nicro Press on Shrouds

[Cole, Andrew L]

Yes, it's me again. 

I went up the mast yesterday to fix a broken Windex and to make a
general inspection of the standing rigging and running fittings.  I
noticed that all of my side shrouds have nicro presses and thimbles at
their upper ends, but have Norseman fittings (or something similar) at
the lower ends.

Are Nicro Presses a normal/safe way to rig the shrouds or should I
prepare to replace the shrouds and/or cut off the nicro presses and add
mechanical terminals to the upper ends (provided there is enough shroud
length/turnbuckle range) when I take down the stick next spring?  The
shrouds appear to be fairly recent and fairly substantial for the size
of the boat (the surveyor concurred).

Thanks, 

Andrew Cole 
Andante # 152  

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