Edgar wrote:

"Two meter troll" wrote in message
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On Nov 9, 8:29 am, Gordon wrote:

Zac's forestay snapped 10 foot above deck. Anyone care to venture why
it snapped at that point?
This was new rigging and inside a roller furling.
Gordon


cause he is trusting wire.
the boys doing a good job of it so far. if he fixes this little
problem he will do fine.
problem i have is he keeps going into port for fixes he could do at
sea.
so what a bit of rigging broke splice it and move on. would take at
worst a couple of hours.
sounds like the boy has a baby sitter.

Tell us how you would 'splice' 1x19 wire...




With a fid, of course.

Hold the short bottom end bewteen your toes, and the long upper part
of the stay in your teeth.

Then splice like crazy between the rolls!