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; shroud = 15'-7", forestay = 15'-2 1/4". In the tuning guide it says to use the longer length forestay and carry the shrouds "very loose". So should I just go with the longer measurements for all three? Thanks for the help!!
Standing Rigging Length
- Thread starter montgwh
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Shroud Length
I made my own shrouds, and went with the suggested 15' 3-1/4" as you
saw in the Capri Manual. I figured if there was a maximum length per
class rules, there must be a reason for it.
If you have read through a lot of the posts here, you might have seen
that I bought a swaging tool at Lowes for $30.00 and bought cable from
erigging supply.com and should have bought the thimbles and nicopress
sleeves from them as well. There is a minimum order through erigging
so I bought 200' of 1x19 3/32" stainless cable and a couple other items.
It's not too tough to make your own, and I had about $150.00 invested.
I also had to convert my jib, as it "had" a furler in it's previous life, but
the forestay and one shroud were broken when I bought the boat. I had
to convert the jib to the standard setup and got hanks from Sailrite, Inc.
Replace your clevis pins and rings too, and make sure the side pins are
inserted with the ring "in", head "out". Mine caught on the jib sheet the
first time I took it out, pulled a ring out, dropped the mast and bent the
everloving crap out of the mast step (again). Clevis pins and rings came
from Fastenal Corp.
Best of luck...
I made my own shrouds, and went with the suggested 15' 3-1/4" as you
saw in the Capri Manual. I figured if there was a maximum length per
class rules, there must be a reason for it.
If you have read through a lot of the posts here, you might have seen
that I bought a swaging tool at Lowes for $30.00 and bought cable from
erigging supply.com and should have bought the thimbles and nicopress
sleeves from them as well. There is a minimum order through erigging
so I bought 200' of 1x19 3/32" stainless cable and a couple other items.
It's not too tough to make your own, and I had about $150.00 invested.
I also had to convert my jib, as it "had" a furler in it's previous life, but
the forestay and one shroud were broken when I bought the boat. I had
to convert the jib to the standard setup and got hanks from Sailrite, Inc.
Replace your clevis pins and rings too, and make sure the side pins are
inserted with the ring "in", head "out". Mine caught on the jib sheet the
first time I took it out, pulled a ring out, dropped the mast and bent the
everloving crap out of the mast step (again). Clevis pins and rings came
from Fastenal Corp.
Best of luck...
gregwcoats
Member
With all due respect, I feel it is worth it to order direct from Catalina, which is what I did. If one of the homemade shrouds fails, the mast is coming down, that will be a real bummer or worse.
Shrouds Cont'd
With slight disrespect, being a mechanically competent person,
when one of Catalina's shrouds fails (and it, too, eventually will) the
mast will come down and you will need to order another shroud and
wait for it to be built and shipped. Also plan on waiting 3-4 weeks on
a replacement mast step from Catalina Direct if you're too worried
about metal fatigue to pound the hell out of the old step to straighten
it out. I, on the other hand, will pull out my 150 spare feet of 1x19
3/32" stainless cable, spare nicopress sleeves and swedger, and make
another one. For free. (Like Spam and Twinkies, stainless cable won't spoil.)
If the screws don't tear a chunk out of the mast mounting area, I will
straighten the step again and be back on the lake the next day.
Don't be afraid to step outside your comfort zone and take matters
into your own hands. Had I not built my own shrouds and forestay
and straightened my mast step, I'd still be waiting to sail my Capri.
Gosh! I'd never have talked this way in my younger years.
And you know, I really hated wearing a tie to work.
With slight disrespect, being a mechanically competent person,
when one of Catalina's shrouds fails (and it, too, eventually will) the
mast will come down and you will need to order another shroud and
wait for it to be built and shipped. Also plan on waiting 3-4 weeks on
a replacement mast step from Catalina Direct if you're too worried
about metal fatigue to pound the hell out of the old step to straighten
it out. I, on the other hand, will pull out my 150 spare feet of 1x19
3/32" stainless cable, spare nicopress sleeves and swedger, and make
another one. For free. (Like Spam and Twinkies, stainless cable won't spoil.)
If the screws don't tear a chunk out of the mast mounting area, I will
straighten the step again and be back on the lake the next day.
Don't be afraid to step outside your comfort zone and take matters
into your own hands. Had I not built my own shrouds and forestay
and straightened my mast step, I'd still be waiting to sail my Capri.
Gosh! I'd never have talked this way in my younger years.
And you know, I really hated wearing a tie to work.
woodbark
Member
Spidey, do you really trust that $30.00 fence-building swager.
I have put together control cables for home-built aircraft and know that too much pressure or not enough pressure or a sloppy die could cause failure. The tools we used had to be approved for the application (life & death) and cost hundreds of $$!
Having said that, I don't know how fussy they are at Catalina in this regard
I have put together control cables for home-built aircraft and know that too much pressure or not enough pressure or a sloppy die could cause failure. The tools we used had to be approved for the application (life & death) and cost hundreds of $$!
Having said that, I don't know how fussy they are at Catalina in this regard