I used to race a Shark and we used rings on the turnbuckle to chain
plate connection for the shrouds. Unless we taped them, the jib sheets
would regulary unwind them and pull them out.

Dale Gloer

Matt Colie wrote:
Lew,

snip ...

If you have a boat rigged with rings, you don't need the tape because
there is no thing to snag.


snip...

Dale Gloer wrote:
I used to race a Shark and we used rings on the turnbuckle to chain
plate connection for the shrouds. Unless we taped them, the jib sheets
would regulary unwind them and pull them out.

Dale Gloer

Matt Colie wrote:

Lew,

snip ...


If you have a boat rigged with rings, you don't need the tape because
there is no thing to snag.


snip...


During a delivery from Hawaii a few years ago I found 2 of the three cotter
rings at the backstay splitter plate had very nearly fully undone themselves.

After this happened 4 days in a row, and one disappeared from a shroud
turnbuckle, I replaced all rings with pins...

After that I've banned rings on any boat I've had anything to do with.

Brian C

Brian Cleverly wrote:

snip

During a delivery from Hawaii a few years ago I found 2 of the three
cotter rings at the backstay splitter plate had very nearly fully undone
themselves.

After this happened 4 days in a row, and one disappeared from a shroud
turnbuckle, I replaced all rings with pins...

After that I've banned rings on any boat I've had anything to do with.

Heard this same story, more than once.

Have yet to hear of a taped pin coming out.

Lew

I tape cotter rings cuz of this.

The latest Cruising World had an article about this. The point out
that taping stainless steel can lead to corrosion failures. Cotter
pins are the way to go, it seems.
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