[C38] Rigging replacement-addendum

[D McC]

Check this article from Good Old Boat ... it is old but is very interesting:

http://www.bosunsupplies.com/goodoldboatquickattach.cfm

I wonder if Norseman has made any engineering changes to their product since this was published?

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From: D McC <cat38skip at yahoo.com>
To: Catalina 38 Listserve <listserve at catalina38.org>
Sent: Sat, June 5, 2010 10:45:39 AM
Subject: Re: [C38] Rigging replacement


Rigging failure:
I have not had one personally, but I happened upon a C38 in the harbor at Santa Cruz with a collapsed mast. It was folded over at the upper spreaders. A wire had failed due to galvanic corrosion inside the swage at the turnbuckle. It looked like the end of a branch that a beaver had chewed. Methinks there was no way an inspection could have discovered the impending doom. Maybe swageless fittings like Norseman, Sta-Lok or Quick Attach (still available?) would be a safer alternative to swaged wire as water and other 'stuff' isn't trapped into the fitting.  

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From: S Orton <ssorton at hotmail.com>
To: Cat 38 <listserve at catalina38.org>
Sent: Sat, June 5, 2010 9:15:39 AM
Subject: [C38] Rigging replacement

 All,
I have the mast off the boat and getting it painted.  Now the rigging.  The powers at be recommend the the rigging be replaced every 10 years and my 1985 is 25 years old!  In my opinion the 38 is way over rigged compared to other modern rigs, ie the J120.  The wire is very tough to look for failure points (cracks), because of the inner wire with in the outer.  So I replace all the wire, but how about the rest and where do you stop?  The 5/8" shear pins- you can lift the whole boat in single shear.  The bronze turnbuckles could be polished and the exterior inspected- a failure would probably originate in the root of the internal threads, which would be very tough to inspect.  What I'm asking has any body had a rigging failure on the 38 other than a collision and what failed??  Experience is the best indicator not some arbitrary rule.
Any and all answers are appreciated,  Steve O    

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