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I got my new rigging in last night and everything looks great. I went with 1/8 inch wire with aircraft forks and eyes on either end. The eyes fit well into the shroud adjusters and the jib hanks fit over the thicker wire no problem. Now the only thing that will de-mast me is loosing a deck...

I'm having new standing rigging made. I want to go with 316 SS 1/8" wire instead of the original 3/32" wire for added strength. I will be using an Aircraft fork for one end and an aircraft eye on the other. I'm worried that the little extra diameter will cause a problem clipping the jib to the...

I am working on getting my standing rigging replaced. I wanted to have a local rigger make the lines for me instead of ordering online. I'm having trouble determining the correct length. The owners manual for my 86' Mod 1, says; shrouds = 15'-8 3/4", forestay = 15'-3 1/4". The C14 handbook says...

I'm a dive instructor that works for a kids summer camp that runs on a live aboard sailboat based in the Windward Islands. We were in Martinique going to do a night dive. I wasn't felling well and I didn't want to get in to get the mooring ball because it was submerged, so we went to a less...

Well that is the problem I'm running into now. The previous owner forgot to put a split ring or cotter pin in one of the pins on the standing rigging. Somehow he got it launched and the sails up before it all came down. It ripped the screws out of the deck and mangled the bracket. Now there is...

Thanks for the reply. I think your right that a difference of a few mm won't change the way it sails. There seems to be plenty of adjustment in the standing rigging to tune the mast as suggested in the handbook. I'm having new standing rigging made soon, so could it become a problem if the new...

I bought a 1986 Capri 14.2 last week and have been working on fixing it up. I installed the mast step today without really thinking much about it. Now as I look more closely at the diagrams in the C14 Handbook and the owners manual I think I have installed it backwards. That is, the slanted part...