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Most bolt cutters won't cut standing rigging. They will cut bolts though.
Thus you have two choices. One is to buy a Freedom, Nonsuch, or Tanton, or
other boat with freestanding rig. The second choice involves a fancy
hydraulic cutter that will cut through even big standing rigging. One of my
neighbors has just such an item and I can probably get some info on it. I
know it will even cut chain. It's not cheap though.
Regards,
Dave Benjamin
Aboard S/V Entropy
A Freedom 39 catrigged ketch
Grand Marina, Alameda, CA
http://www.optimalsolutions.com/sailinks.html
>
> Somewhere or other, I've read that a useful tool in case of a rigging
> failure is a set of bolt cutters so that you can cut away the rigging
> on a demasted boat quickly. I can't find that reference now.
>
> My husband wanted to replace a frayed furler (I think), and he got a
> large piece of stainless wire rope, and attempted to cut it to size
> with the bolt cutters and couldn't do it. These were BIG cutters.
>
> My questions is -How could the bolt cutters be of help if they aren't
> able to cut through the rigging?
>
> grandma Rosalie
>
> S/V RosalieAnn, Leonardtown, MD
> CSY 44 WO #156
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