[Public-List] Check that standing rigging-- especially this kind of terminal

[Glenn Brooks via Public-List]

Hooha!  Yep, these are  great fittings.  Just have to mortgage your first born to buy 10 of them for all the wire ends.  I used hi mods when I re rigged and they where very easy to work with and install.

Glenn B
dolce 318

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> On Jul 16, 2014, at 7:49 PM, Wes Gardner via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> 
> After all the discussion, I was looking at my Sta Loks, someone along the way obviously re- rigged the boat and did it correctly! After doing a bit of research, it looks like Hi-Mod has really done their homework and probably would be my end fitting of choice.
> 
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>> On Jul 14, 2014, at 5:49 PM, Randy Katz via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Greetings, All,
>> 
>> Besides the painting upgrade, I was able to meet up with Don Yager of Yager
>> Sails  (in Spokane, WA. at http://www.yagersails.com/). He makes occasional
>> trips to Bellingham where we keep the boat, this time to deliver a new sail
>> to a customer there. He generously offered to take a look at my Profurl set
>> up to advise re: the life expectancy of the forestay.
>> 
>> The forestay's good for a few more years, but he pointed out one thing that
>> I was REALLY glad to hear about-- this is especially relevant to some of us
>> with older boats. (Well, I guess that's ALL of us, eh?)
>> 
>> While the lower ends of all the rigging had a variation of a Norseman
>> mechanical compression fitting, the upper ends nearly all consist of wire
>> wrapped around a SS thimble and crimped with Nico-press types of fitting.
>> Don declared these to be no-no's and dangerous, to replace right away. This
>> thought was seconded by Pete, the rigging expert at Fishery Supply in
>> Seattle. Raised eyebrows all around!
>> 
>> So, we're dropping the mast tomorrow in order to remove all that stuff and
>> replace it with wire from Fisheries Supply. Chinese-made wire is,
>> apparently, to be completely avoided. US-made is best, though it can be
>> hard to find. (I checked with a dozen places in western WA and found one or
>> two sources: West Marine-- expensive-- and NW Rigging in Anacortes at about
>> half the price. Let me know if you'd like a copy of my notes about this. Or
>> photos of the fittings.)
>> 
>> We're going with Fishery Supplies Korean wire made by KOS but stranded
>> together in the US. A good reputation, supposedly.
>> 
>> You may want to check you own rigging to be sure you don't have those
>> crimped terminals. (The rigging is not original; it spent some years in
>> Portland, OR. before I bought it in 2000.)
>> 
>> This puts the sailing trip back another week, but heck, I'm glad to know of
>> it. I can only imagine how lucky we've been, having sailed through all
>> kinds of weather with those fittings over the last dozen years!
>> 
>> Best Regards,
>> 
>> Randy Katz
>> #249 Simple Gifts
>> Bellingham/Seattle
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