R clips or split pins

[penberth3]

You would if the mast was punching a hole through the side of the boat. Getting the split pin out is one thing; but you still have to get the loaded pin out as well & it will be loaded with a mast pulling on it at an odd angle......

Absolutely this. You can knock the pin out with a punch, then the punch is stuck there with the weight on it.

 

[Deleted member 36384]

Absolutely this. You can knock the pin out with a punch, then the punch is stuck there with the weight on it.

The pin is knocked out by using the wide locating shoulder of the pin. You may have to strike the pin nose to get the locating shoulder out and away from the side of the turnbuckle / toggle.

Practical Sailor and YBW both found that hacksaws were not that bad. However, read the practical sailor article as it shows some limitations on hacksaw use. P. S. do write good articles that allows decisions to be made and limitations to be understood, I have found.

Emergency Rigging Cutters - Practical Sailor

I have a Toolova Shootit 12 system on the boat. I understand that they are not made anymore but they come up for sale from time to time.

 

[penberth3]

The pin is knocked out by using the wide locating shoulder of the pin. You may have to strike the pin nose to get the locating shoulder out and away from the side of the turnbuckle / toggle....

So on a moving boat you try to hold a punch at an awkward angle against the 2mm head of the pin? Good luck with that.

 

[pandos]

Nail punch?

I would think a bit small...but a decent sized cold chisel will chop the split pin and can be tapered to go into where the clevis pin was. This way you have something decent to hold onto to prevent the punch becoming the new clevis pin.

 

[pandos]

Rig cutting has been an emotive subject on the forum for years
& to each his own. The main thing is to keep one's rig well maintained & check all components. That way a rig failure is less of a probablility.
Those like my friends who buy a 40 ft boat & when asked how long since the rigging was changed say " Well we have had it 4 years, but the bloke before said he changed it & he had the boat 18 years. But it seems Ok" Followed by " Have you had the mast down?"--"No" followed by " Have you been up the mast?" -- "No way"-- are really courting trouble. The way the split pin is fitted will make little difference in the end game

That all pretty much goes without saying.

I changed my forestay and backstay in 2006 when I bought the boat, I dropped the mast a few years ago and checked the rig (found toggles that had corroded almost through where Selden had punched their part number) and did a full standing rigging change this year.

I know of a boat where the rigging is at least 20 years old, no rigger has been up the mast in years and it went to sea for a very long journey in the last few days?.

I guess it takes all kinds...

 

[Deleted member 36384]

So on a moving boat you try to hold a punch at an awkward angle against the 2mm head of the pin? Good luck with that.

Yes, easy to do. No more difficult than attaching a tack shackle to a stem head fitting, or any other fiddly job in boisterous conditions. The concept that these jobs are impossible is borne of ignorance and inexperience.