Standing rigging estimates?

[Kif]

Hi starting to think about standing rigging replacements on our 1973 32'. Wondering about ballpark estimates if anyone has an idea (new area for me). We are in the SF Bay Area.

 

[peaman]

Three years ago, I paid $3200 in southeast CT for my 32-3, including lazy jacks, topping lift and service of my Harken roller furler.

 

[Prairie Schooner]

Hi starting to think about standing rigging replacements on our 1973 32'. Wondering about ballpark estimates if anyone has an idea (new area for me). We are in the SF Bay Area.

Something we ran into, talking to two different riggers, was they would not replace the forestay without replacing the old, original furler. To our taste, it seemed to be working fine. They said we'd be calling them for a replacement in a few years. But, we're in the Northeast and practices may be different for you. FWIW - Jeff

 

[EricHasAnEricson]

I just re-rigged my 38-200. Total cost of materials was roughly $4000. Swaged tops and sta-lok bottoms. A couple extra parts for a removable inner forestay which bumped the price upwards as well.

I did most of the labor myself, a large fraction of that effort went into disassembling and servicing the roller furling - drilling out siezed fasteners. I can understand why some riggers might have a policy of not reusing the old furling equipment.

 

[bigd14]

If you plan on doing the work yourself I can highly recommend Rigging Only. https://www.riggingandhardware.com/ I paid right around 2k in 2016 for my 30+. I had the advantage of the mast being down so it was easy to measure the existing rigging. If the mast is up you can measure with a halyard and long tape measure and then just overestimate the length of wire a couple feet and use use Sta-Lok or Hayn Hi-Mod lower fittings like EricHasanEricson and cut to the correct length as you go. I was able to rehabilitate the old Pro-Furl unit that came with the boat, but I replaced it last year with a Harken MkIV Ocean unit and it has made a world of difference.

 

[Bolo]

Just to give you an estimate on the far upper end of doing a job like this, I had my mast taken down last year and completely overhauled That included just about everything except for the mast itself, the spreaders and repainting but did include cleaning up some corrosion. New sheaves, wiring, standing rigging, fasteners, turnbuckles, halyards, anchor light, steaming/fore deck light, etc., etc. Since I'm in my 70s, live 2 hours from the marina and had only a small knowledge of serous rigging work I had the refit done professionally. The final price came to about $17k. Just the labor costs were $5,000. That's right, but I wanted a top notch professional job that I could rely on without worry. Not saying that this sort of major rigging project could not be done by an owner, I just didn't feel qualified to tackle something that I needed to depend on for my well being.

Here's a short video of the mast removal if you're interested.

 

[Pete the Cat]

The replacement of the stay under the roller furler is the bugger. It is probably easier to install a completely new one than all the work to set up a new stay inside a used one. Furlers can last a long time, but I had one start spitting out its bearings on a delivery--not fun. I think rigging replacement is something that is probably done not often enough by some and also too often by the obsessive---the only rigging failure I have ever had was in a recently replaced stay. So I am sort of agnostic to setting a number of years. On a 20 or 40 year old boat used even moderately, it needs to be done. I am more for regularly monitoring and inspecting what the stuff --particularly the swages--looks like annually. They can fail at any time.

 

[Chris "Tako" Green]

Have you checked out Vela Sailing for just the rigging and labor for swages? They have good pricing.