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Capt. Neal=AE wrote:
"Chris" wrote in message news:1118695370.580471.26099=
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| Hi,
|
| two questions about replacement of
| the standing rigging on a 27 footer:
|
| - When the current rigging is over
| 20 years old, but looks ok, is it
| necessary to replace it? (It wasn't
| used much.)
|
| - How much would it approximately
| cost to do this? Ballpark number?
|
| Thanks a lot,
|
| Chris

By all means replace it all.

My suggestion is to figure out how much wire you need and
buy the wire and some good wire cutters.

Next figure out how many Sta-Lok mechanical terminals you
need and buy those along with a tube of Lock-tite and some
black silicone rubber.

Remove one stay or shroud at a time and duplicate the
length using the turnbuckle in the 2/3 opened position.

If you want it done right, you must do it yourself.

CN

I remember that where there were cracks, there were ussually brown rust
stains on the stainless. Apparently, the cracks allow water
penetration which then cuases the stainless to not be stainless in teh
cracks thus leaving the brown stains. So, remove any brown stains with
ultra-fine sandpaper (finer than 600 grit) and then use a 10X magnifier
to look for cracks. Really, I'd just replace it all.