[Public-List] reswaging?

[Lawrence Morris]

I stored a mast outside in the Michigan winters for decades and have  
never heard of this issue. I think you might be looking for problems  
that don't exist.

Larry Morris
Bosun Yacht Systems

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On Aug 26, 2010, at 10:41, "Roger L. Kingsland" <r.kingsland at ksba.com>  
wrote:

> We have an interesting guy at our marina who fixes radar on  
> commercial tow
> boats (don't know why they call them tow boats when they actually push
> barges).  I mentioned to him hearing that storing a mast outside in  
> cold
> climates can cause problems with standing rigging when ice gets in the
> connections.  His reaction was that ice would expand the swag  
> fittings and
> that could be fixed by recompressing the fitting (not removing it,  
> just
> tightening it).
>
> Does anyone see a problem w/ giving this a try? It seems logical,  
> but.......
>
> Thanks,
>
> Roger 148
>
>
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