[Public-List] Tomfoolery -- Alberg 35 Rigging Failure

[Wes Gardner]

I don't have too many bronze clevis pins in my stainless rigging...nor
should you...

On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 7:57 AM, Mike Lehman via Public-List <
public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:

> I install brand new cotter pins every year.
>
> On Oct 30, 2017 9:14 PM, "Jonathan Bresler via Public-List" <
> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>
> > Folks,
> >
> > Was catching up on issues of Good Old Boat this weekend.  Read about the
> > rigging failure on Tomfoolery, an Alberg 35, in the September/October
> > issue.  A steel cotter pin, inserted into a bronze clevis pin securing
> the
> > jib stay, corroded and in corroding increased in diameter. The cotter pin
> > was a tight fit and in corroding split the clevis pin securing the
> jibstay
> > to the stem.
> >
> > Got to wondering about Constance.  If that was the case on an Alberg 35,
> > then perhaps Alberg 30's might have the same issue.   Happy to report
> that
> > the cotter pin was not corroded and was not a tight fit in the bronze
> > clevis pin.   However, one of the two bent legs of the cotter pin had
> > broken off.  The other leg broke off immediately upon my first attempt to
> > straighten it in order to replace the cotter pin.   Cotter pin has been
> > replaced with another, one that is just a bit small so that there is a
> bit
> > of room between the cotter pin and the clevis pin.
> >
> > You may wish to check yours as well.  The article starts on page 36 of
> the
> > September/October 2017 issue of Good Old Boat.
> >
> > Jonathan
> > --
> > Jonathan M Bresler
> > S/V Constance Alberg 30 #262
> > Annapolis/Eastport MD
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