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[Summer]

Thanks for the info. Can I ask what your sources are? We're always struggling to find specs/info on our boat. The only things on our boat 5/16 are the backstay and forestay. Lowers are 1/4 and uppers are the mystery. Maybe they are mm.

Yeah, our rigging is probably done.

[Stumble]

In this case it was a copy of Twenty Affordable Sailboats to Take You Anywhere*By Gregg Nestor. You can buy it Tom Amazon for about $15, or Read it on google books. The Bristol 35.5 starts starts on page 41.

The following link might work, but I haven't had a lot of luck linking to google books.


http://books.google.com/books?id=vEc...%2035.5&f=true

[Summer]

Thanks again - link worked great! Clearly ALL our rigging has been replaced (and we are realizing it's probably much older than the 6 yrs we were led to believe it is now). Research seems to indicate that going back to all 5/16 7x19 is not a good choice...

SO the big question remains - What size(s) and kind *should* we go with, as we pretty much decided it all needs replacing (except for the forestay, which is new w/ furling - it's 5/16 1 x19 ).

[Stumble]

I am partial to Dynex Dux. It will cost about the same as wire the first time, but the fittings are reusable. Like I said it is about the same cost, but weighs about 1/7 what steel does. Plus if you learn to splice replacing it is just the cost of line (though expensive line to be sure).

[Brion Toss]

Hello,
It doesn't matter what the boat was rigged with, only what it should be rigged with. To know this, one must know the loads that the stays will be under. I very much doubt that any wire on that boat needs to be 5/16". Certainly not the backstay. Run the numbers and/or do a direct incline test.
Fair leads,
Brion Toss