StaLok and Stemballs

[Dave Mauney]

I am getting ready to redo my standing rigging. I would like to use StaLoks for all connections but I have stemball connectors at the masthead. I have not found any in the StaLok line. What would be the recommendation in this situation.

Thanks
Dave

[Brion Toss]

Hello,
No one except Norseman offers stemballs at the moment, and they are distinctly not worth the high price. So the best solution I know is to bypass the stemball tangs and install conventional ones. Sometimes you can simply apply the new tangs where the old ones were, given similar backing plates. At other times you have to move the tangs to a new location. The only other alternative is to stay with swages aloft. If you do that, just get good ones.
Fair leads,
Brion Toss