If I was doing this for myself, I`d probably take a piece of stainless round
bar of a suitable diameter and machine the ends to suit the chain plate at
the bottom and the bottom of the rigging screw at the top. Dunno how this
would work on the forestay though- roller furling? Maybe best to replace the
forestay only?
Bob
Evan Gatehouse wrote:
:: Folks,
::
:: First a bit of background. I'm considering buying a 40' cruising
:: catamaran. It's an "open bridgedeck" design - without a bridgedeck
:: cabin. I want a bridgedeck cabin so I'd have to build the cabin.
::
:: To make the cabin fit I'd have to raise the boom. I have 2
:: solutions - just reweld the gooseneck on 2' higher, and trim the
:: bottom of the mainsail. This looses me sail area which I am loath to
:: do.
::
:: The other solution is to raise the mast 2' (which is easy to do
:: 'cause it's just stepped on a deck beam). But then all the rigging
:: wires become too short. So I'm looking for ideas to extend rigging
:: wires. So far I have:
::
:: - replace most of the wires (7 at least would have to be done, not a
:: cheap proposition)
:: - short lengths of rigging wire with swaged fittings at each end -
:: reasonably cheap but lots more potential failure points
:: - short lengths of multiple passes of spectra or similar high
:: modulus line - probably cheapest and lightest, need some custom
:: solid aluminum thimbles to handle the lines
::
:: I'd appreciate any opinions. Thanks,
::
:: --
:: Evan Gatehouse
::
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