Old standing rigging

[Joe_Cole]

I'm feeling very virtuous having replaced all my standing rigging and lifelines.

My question is this........just what can I do with the old rigging. It seems too good to throw away!

All I can think of so far is to make a theft proof (or at least make it harder to steal) means of tying up my tender. I could even pad lock it onto the pontoon cleats

Any other ideas?

Joe Cole

 

[Guest]

Old Rope

I have some old rope if anyone wants to buy it

 

[peterk]

hi Joe,
keep the longest piece(backstay if it's not interrupted by insulators)
as an emergenc spare together with suitable cableclamps
- don't you insular guys call those 'bulldog - grips?'

other use: for strong lifelines.

peter, www.juprowa.com/kittel

 

[vyv_cox]

Practice using your bolt croppers.

 

[oldharry]

If it was old enough to need replacing why do you want to keep it?

Unless like me, you are a squirrel who just HATES to throw anything away, and has enough useless junk stored in the shed to run an entire Boat Jumble.....

 

[vyv_cox]

Hanging in my workshop is a full set of shrouds, forestay and backstay that I changed out from my GK29 in 1990 (?). And another complete set, this time from my Sadler, changed out in around 1994. Perhaps they'll come in handy one day.....