Puget sailor
Member II
Now that I have my mainsail on order for my 1985 32-3 up at UK in Sidney BC, it's time to think about my completely original standing rigging, or at least it seems to be. Up here in chilly and rainy Puget Sound, where my boat has always been, these things tend to last much longer than warmer and saltier climates, but it does seem like I'm well past living on borrowed time. No signs of corrosion or cracks at deck level, but I have not gone up the mast to inspect the t-fittings, which seem to be subject to a lot of bending fatigue. To play it safe and be comfortable pushing the boat hard next season, it seems prudent to refresh all the wires, which likely also means turnbuckles and perhaps the u-bolts on deck.
Anybody have a suggestions for a a good blend of competence/quality/cost in this region? I'm feeling pretty committed to sticking with first world terminals and turnbuckles and stuff, which at the moment looks like Hayne out of Connecticut. I just don't have confidence in Chinesium metal, which appears to be out there. Wire might have to be foreign sourced, but that's not usually a point of failure near as I can tell, so I'm a bit less worried about that.
Just wondering if anyone has experience with a particular rigger in the Washington Oregon area, and if any recent pricing can be shared.
I'd most likely pull the mast myself using the crane at my yacht club, and then strip the rigging and send for replication, then restore the rig myself too. So that also opens up the possibility of a wider geographic range for riggers if the shipping makes sense.
I guess another possibility would be to die test everything, and not replace unless called for, but at this age, it seems to a dubious way to go?
Anybody have a suggestions for a a good blend of competence/quality/cost in this region? I'm feeling pretty committed to sticking with first world terminals and turnbuckles and stuff, which at the moment looks like Hayne out of Connecticut. I just don't have confidence in Chinesium metal, which appears to be out there. Wire might have to be foreign sourced, but that's not usually a point of failure near as I can tell, so I'm a bit less worried about that.
Just wondering if anyone has experience with a particular rigger in the Washington Oregon area, and if any recent pricing can be shared.
I'd most likely pull the mast myself using the crane at my yacht club, and then strip the rigging and send for replication, then restore the rig myself too. So that also opens up the possibility of a wider geographic range for riggers if the shipping makes sense.
I guess another possibility would be to die test everything, and not replace unless called for, but at this age, it seems to a dubious way to go?