Re- rig - how far to go?

[StevenJMorgan]

Considering re rigging my ten year old boat in the near future - question is what is considered a re-rig -?

1) - Wire and terminals
2) - Wire and terminals and bottle screws
3) - Wire and terminals and bottle screws and chain plates

How far to go??

 

[Gin]

No 1) only, assuming no physical damage to bottle screw threads evident

 

[aidancoughlan]

I went for (2), chain plates will add a lot to the cost unnecessarily if theres no need. Ask a local surveyor if in doubt.

 

[bumblefish]

How much does it cost to replace chain plates?

 

[Pye_End]

Should say in the boat manual?

Mine says option 2 ever 10 years and chainplates I think 20 or 30 years. My chainplates are big u-bolts with a substantial backing plate bolted to the bulkheads, to re-newing or inspecting these are easy, and a DIY job. My last boat did not have off the shelf fittings, and were a bit more complex, and probably a yard job (at least for me). For that boat the bigger problem was integrity of the bulkhead, and the chainplate itself was not the weakest link.

Have never had the need to replace a chainplate so far, although I had one out to inpect this year.

 

[Gin]

Yep- you are quite right and I am in error.

It's silly spending a few hundreds on new wires and cutting corners on bottle screws.

Even more silly that I had so soon forgotten that I had replaced the whole lot last year !!

 

[aidancoughlan]

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How much does it cost to replace chain plates?

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Aah,.. havnt a clue actually, its just a hunch- but I may be wrong.
I reckon replacing them may require messing about with headlining, internal furniture etc. , and possibly some glass fibre work (it would on my boat), and I'd imagine its likely to add several hundred to yard costs unless you are doing it yourself (judging by costs of anything ive had done at the local boatyard). Not prohbitive maybe, but unnecessary expense unless they need to be done. The rest of the rigging, while costly enough is relatively simple to replace and mostly material cost.
Mine are twenty years old, and still shiny new.

 

[William_H]

My rigger suggested change bottle screws every second wire replacement.
So the primary concern is cap and inner shrouds replacement. Followed by forestays and lastly backstay as less critical.
It does seem to me that a larger boat with thicker rigging wire have less wire failure problems. All the failures I have seen have been in the 20 ft class with 3/16 1x19 wire. olewill