"Red Cloud®" wrote in message ...
| On 14 Jun 2005 18:20:57 -0700, wrote:
|
| Top of the line fittings would be absurd on a bottom of the line boat.
| Thus a person must decide the merit of putting such valuable fittings
| on his less than strong boat. I believe that even low cost boats are
| useful to cruisers.
|
| If you have a cheap car, should you look for the cheapest brakes and tires for
| it?
|
| Someplaces are better for cutting corners than others, regardless of the boat.
| Rigging failure on a cheap boat probably means the end of the boat, because a
| new mast won't be cost effective.
|
| Rigging failure on a Shannon or Hinckley will be repairable, because the boat is
| worth the cost of repairs and is probably insured up tha wazoo. In other words,
| even from an economic standpoint, top quality rigging parts are in some ways
| more important on a cheap boat than on an expensive boat.
|
| rusty redcloud


I agree with this post. Can it really be rusty writing it?

CN