standing rigging replacement concerns
When to Replace your Standing Rigging - Noonsite.com
Strong winds and heavy seas take their toll on the standing rigging – the extra strain caused by the combination of wind force and repetitive pounding over ...
Standing Rigging Replacement - How Frequently? - Cruisers Forum
Re: Standing Rigging Replacement - How Frequently? With stranded stainless the failure is due to metall fatigue, which depends to stretching and ...
Should I even replace my standing rigging? : r/sailing - Reddit
Bad advice all around. You can't easy see or feel crevasse corrosion. If your rigging is 20 years old just replace it and don't look back.
When should standing rigging be replaced? - Sailboat Owners Forums
I've read that standing rigging should be replaced anywhere from 10 all the way up to 20 years and also simply based on condition.
Replacing Your Standing Rigging - RIGWORKS INC.
Many people believe that only heavily used rigging needs to be replaced, but the continuous flexing of loose wire that is not under load can ...
Standing Rigging Replacement | SailNet Community
My rod rigging was replaced at about 22yrs on a precautionary basis. Allowing for inflation and the difference in cost for stranded wire, my ...
How to Replace Your Standing Rigging for Less - The $tingy Sailor
When working with a rigger, especially an industrial rigger who may not be familiar with sailboat rigging, it's important that you specify the ...
Standing rigging failures. - YBW Forum
there are so many items that can lead to failure of a rig and it begs the question how many times is standing rigging alone replaced and the rig ...
Standing rigging replacement - EricsonYachts.org
The rigger I have been working with in the Bay Area seems to have some availability now after 6 month wait to replace the standing rigging ...
Standing Rigging | Sailing Anarchy Forums
I had a 27 year old shroud break last year, I left the rig too loose on the mooring, and the wake from the launch boats caused the mast to whip ...
Standing Rigging Replacement - Cruising World
Rigging Rescue: DIY Headstay Repair and Upgrade · Standing Rigging Replacement · Repairing your stay. Clockwise from top left: A corroded ...
Pip Hare explains when to check and replace your standing rigging
The main difficulties boat owners face when assessing the condition of the rig is the inability to see the first signs of wear, partly due to ...
Replacing standing rigging - Sailing Magazine
Standing rigging is not set it-and-forget-it equipment; it requires maintenance. All that shiny stainless steel wire and hardware look ...
Ten Year Rigging Change...Is it really necessary? - OCC Forums
There was no 'ten year rule'. Then twenty years or so ago I started running into the 'sorry, if you want your rig insured you need to replace ...
Ask Sail: State of Standing Rigging
Stainless steel suffers from environment, not age, so there is little reason to replace rigging components that do not exhibit corrosion, ...
Replacing standing rigging - DIY answers - YBW Forum
There's a possibility that when I have the mast extracted for a general check plus some electrical work, I may discover problems with the ...
Since riggers strongly recommend replacing standing rigging when it is 15 years old, he said "not only have you been living on borrowed time, ...
Replacing Standing Rigging - myHanse - Page 1 - myHanse
Have a competent rigger assess your rigging and make your decision base don that. For boats used a few times each year only in mild conditions ...
CHECKING AND WHEN TO REPLACE YOUR STANDING RIGGING
Probably the most essential part of a sailing yacht is also the most complex. Depending on how the boat is stored, the rigging will be ...
Alternate consideration to replacing standing rigging
There are prior threads on standing rigging and replacement time and $$. ... I would replace the rig when it reached 20 years or so. I note that ...