Thread: stainless rigging wire - nick in wire
View Single Post
  #12   Report Post  
posted to rec.boats.cruising
Jere Lull Jere Lull is offline
external usenet poster
  
First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Jul 2006
Posts: 1,239
Default stainless rigging wire - nick in wire
On 2007-10-07 19:44:16 -0400, said:

I've managed to put two nicks in the 1/19 stainless forestay on my 32'
boat. Dont ask how, far too embarassing, suffice to say a hack saw got
drawn across the wire. Nothing was cut through, but two small chunks
got taken out of two strands. How dangerous is this?

Dangerous enough that my only thought is to replace it.

Demastings aren't any fun, and you've degraded that stay by about 20 percent.

--
Jere Lull
Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD
Xan's new pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/
Our BVI pages: http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/

Reply With QuoteReply With Quote