Replacing standing rigging - DIY answers

[Poey50]

With regard to cutting, I'm not sure where I got this advice but I made a wooden cutting block about six inches long with a groove the width of the wire and a saw-cut at right-angles to this about half-way along. The stay lays in the groove and the perpendicular cut guides the hacksaw blade to give a nice square cut. The problem, I gather, of cutting with a grinder is that the heat-hardening can give a lopsided end result.

 

[Kelpie]

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Station calling, you are weak and unreadable.

 

[sarabande]

Is there any advantage in going for galvanised wire ? OK, it doesn't look shiny and smart, but if it is more 'maintainable' , why is it not used more frequently ? Needs thicker wire for the same strength ?

 

[Graham376]

Station calling, you are weak and unreadable.

I wondered if Old Harry had been supping Old Peculiar.

 

[zoidberg]

Is there any advantage in going for galvanised wire ? OK, it doesn't look shiny and smart, but if it is more 'maintainable' , why is it not used more frequently ? Needs thicker wire for the same strength ?

Lots of celebrated traditional yotties - such as RKJ, Moitessier, Noah - used galvanised wire rope to good effect. And galvanised rigging screws. And anchors and chains. But it rusts - and is not fashionable.

However, with preventative maintenance ( 'I say again - PREVENTATIVE maintainence' ) it can carry one around the globe.
So also will Dyneema rigging - which is a darn sight easier to work with, repair and replace.