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From: Capt_Douglas (no email)
Date: Fri Jul 01 2005 - 10:58:14 EDT
My .02 worth
In 1993 my boat was dismasted by hurricane Marilyn. The rigging
failed above the Stay-Locks in all cases. That said, I far prefer
"assembled" fittings over the crimped ones.
CD
--- In , "cirejay" <cirejay at h dot dot dot > wrote:
> My son just bought his first boat, an Alberg 30. The mast is down and
> now is the time to redo the standing rigging. I've suggested that
> he/we do it ourselves using Sta-Lok - then he can help me do my
> Halberg:-). I suggested Sta-Lok over Norseman because of a test done
> by GOOD OLD BOAT a few years back but if anyone has a reason why he/she
> thinks Norseman is better, please pipe up.
>
> Any thoughts out there? Also, I've seen boats rigged with Sta-Lok at
> the boat - turnbuckle - and swage at the mast. Anyone know the
> reasoning for this? Seems to me that this defeats the purpose of using
> non-swaged fittings.
>
> BTW, the previous owner did some interesting 'improvements' like SSB
> with a back stay that is insulated right square at the mast, not a few
> feet down, and then no insulator at the boat.
> Thanks,
> eric S/V Nebaras
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