Go for it Asylum - your opinion is most welcome. If we did not want to hear the hard truth then we would not be here on Spartalk. There is no way we will be happy with a 3rd pass swaging for the sort of sailing we intend to do (Oz - Chile and return across the Tropics). I would have trusted the old rig more than this one, as it did not have cracks in anything after 15 years plus (pressed swages).
Just got to get the rigger to see the light. We have a "Fair Trading" dispute system here where the first step is mediation, then a Fair Trading tribunal if mediation does not work, just need the evidence to support my statements. I would hope that before going into that system, with some evidence the rigger will realise that we are very determined to pursue this to a balanced outcome. We want to be fair as well and have offered to do as much of the labour as we can (apart from swaging) as he will no doubt have a big workload, with the swaging machine having compromised not only our rig but unknown others as well.
You hit the nail on the head in your summary !
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