Aircraft Eyes vs Marine Eyes

[Brion Toss]

Hello,
Aircraft, as in aircraft cable, as in 7x19 instead of 1x19; those eyes are rated to be wonderfully strong for wire that is over 25% weaker than what you want to use. That's why aircraft eyes are so much slimmer, with smaller clevis pin holes.
It is possible, though, that the right size of 1x19 will also fit your existing clevis pin holes, so have you run the numbers on loading?
Fair leads,
Brion Toss

[Ryan]

Hi Brion

I have run the numbers, which is what has prompted me to upgrade the wire size. I am making a weak attempt to avoid having to change all the mast tangs to accomadate the larger clevis pins that match the larger marine eyes that in turn match the larger wire. Thanks for the relative numbers on aircraft wire/eyes, that is information that I haven't run across in the past.

Ryan