Replacing Your Standing Rigging

How to Replace Your Standing Rigging for Less - The $tingy Sailor

Following are approximate costs per foot (in 2014) for standing rigging from several popular sources compared to the rigging company in my area.

Replacing Your Standing Rigging - Step By Step Guide| Jimmy Green

There is a procedure to follow that can make it a relatively straightforward process for anyone who is reasonably practical.

Standing Rigging Replacement - Cruising World

Carefully unpinning one shroud at a time, I tied a tag line through the marine eye fitting and slowly lowered each shroud down to my helper, who ...

Replacing standing rigging with mast up - Sailboat Owners Forums

Pull the mast, take the old rigging to the rigger, have the rigger replicate it, install it yourself, step the mast and tune it. All in all, it will be cheaper ...

Replacing Your Standing Rigging - RIGWORKS INC.

According to industry standards, the anticipated lifespan for stainless steel rigging is 10-12 years for wire and 15-20 years for rod.

Replace standing rigging without dropping the mast - YBW Forum

If you have a fairly simple rig, a rigger can just replace one wire at a time, maybe take a halyard as back up, might actually be easier to ...

Replacing standing rigging leaving mast up - Cruisers Forum

It kind of depends on your plans for the boat. If you plan to keep it long enough to need re-rigging again, go with Sta-Lok or Sea Rig type DIY ...

Should I even replace my standing rigging? : r/sailing - Reddit

It's always a good rule of thumb that if you have to ask, you should replace it. Peace of mind is worth more than you'd think when your out ...

Standing Rigging Replacement | SailNet Community

Take down the wires one or two at a time, cut the wire to the same size, assemble the fittings and reinstall. With practice you can knock out a ...

Replacing our boats STANDING RIGGING (with no experience!) EP ...

... rigging. In case you don't know what that is, its all of the stainless steel wire cables that hold up our mast and a is very important part of a ...

Replacing standing rigging w/ boat in water - Sailing Anarchy Forums

You can always unstep the mast with the boat in the water. Tie up next to a dock with a crane, or bring in a mobile crane. Any decent rigger or boatyard can do ...

when to replace rigging - Cruisers & Sailing Forums

It's generally accepted that for s/s yacht rigging, 10 years is appropriate. sure, the rigging might last a lot longer (yours has) but do you really want to ...

#030 DIY guide replace standing rigging - YouTube

This video is a guide to replacing your standing rigging leaving the mast in place. I did this by ascending and descending the mast solo 30 ...

Pip Hare explains when to check and replace your standing rigging

There are a number of factors that will affect the lifespan of your standing rigging, most notably the initial quality of the rigging used and the type and ...

Replacing Your Sailboat Rigging - Cruising World

Most riggers agree that when your sailboat's standing rigging approaches 15 years old, it's a good time to consider replacing it.

Replacing standing rigging - Sailing Magazine

I pull each wire and tag it, because a pile of wire on the ground can get confusing. If you choose to replace the rig in place, one wire at a ...

A Step By Step Guide to Replacing All Your Rigging!! - (Episode 222)

... replacing all of our standing rigging on our hurricane damaged Lagoon 450 catamaran, from Sta-loc fittings to tuning the rig! SV Parlay is a ...

Inspecting, Maintaining and Replacing Standing Rigging

Most insurance companies reckon you should replace your standing rigging about every 10 years. Sometimes they let you go longer if you have the ...

When to Replace your Standing Rigging - Noonsite.com

Find out all news, reports, links and comments posted on Noonsite, plus cruising information from around the world, by subscribing to our FREE monthly ...

Replacing our boats STANDING RIGGING (with no experience- eek)

We have known for a while now that our standing rigging was 10+ years old so now we were in Le Marin in Martinique, it was time to replace ...