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

[Wes Gardner via Public-List]

Spendy huh?  Didn't check that :-(....


On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 12:50 AM, Glenn Brooks <brooks.glenn at comcast.net>
wrote:

> 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
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > 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.
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> >> 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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