[Rhodes22-list] Standing rigging thickness

[James Nichols]

Hey John,

I would be very cautious about upgrading the wire to a larger diameter, I
was reading about doing that on my own and the larger diameter wire requires
higher tension which in turn creates higher loads on the mast and in turn
creates higher pressure on the deck, which causes cracking and such.. over
all, it's not a good idea to change the diameter from what I read, if I can
find the links that the rigging engineer gave all the details in, I'll
definitely post them so you can read for yourself, but 1/8th cable is what
our rig was designed with and what it should be kept at is the general gist
of what I got from it.  Especially since our masts don't tend to have a
compression post below them.

James

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[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of John Shulick
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 4:58 PM
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Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Standing rigging thickness

 Hi all,

  The time has come to replace the 40+ yr old standing rigging on my boat.
Over the years the 1/8" wire has stretched enough to take up all the slack
in my turnbuckles. I keep my side stays at 180 lbs. of tension and about 100
on the baby stays. At about 10* of heel the stays stretch so much the lee
side stays are dangling free. I'm considering upgrading to 5/32 wire to
combat this. I will add additional ballast to compensate for additional
weight aloft. Am I being over cautious ?  As always comments are welcome.

Will this winter never end ? ? ?
Death to the groundhog.
John S
  



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