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Old 02-03-2014, 12:59 PM
stevesailor stevesailor is offline
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Thanks for the reply!

I shared it with my captain. The rigging is 38 years old, but almost all those years the boat was sitting in a yard unused. My captain started putting it back together seven years ago and launched it 3 years ago. We've looked at having the soft eyes spliced, or possibly moving to tangs. After being on another schooner I learned you can use thimbles with swages; I hadn't seen that type of fitting until then, so swages are possible.

Until now she was set on 7x7 SS 316 wire. Galvanized has lots of appeal, but I'm wondering how to properly treat it so it lasts with all of its strength. Another boat I was on coated it all in lanolin, then parceled and served it. Another boat applied a lanolin based product, that I can't recall, periodically. I was wondering what advice you all had for treating/preserving galvanized rigging. In Colvin's books he suggests using a two part epoxy paint (the type I don't know, that's the only specification I could find).

Also, where we are in Panama 7x19 is much easier to get than 7x7. I heard from someone to upsize one sized since 7x19 is weaker, with more stretch. I'm wondering if the stretch should be of more concern, or if 7x19 is a good choice.

Thanks again for all the help!
-Steve
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