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Have sent a couple of emails to Simon ref a quote for standing rigging after speaking to him at the yard a while back but...no response :rolleyes: Should I forget it and use Dave at DRS?
 
Patrick,

I had my rigging replaced in 2005 and then broke an inner shroud in both 2006 and 2007 crossing the Atlantic so in each year replaced all my rigging. After the 2007 breakage I took all my rigging to TCS in Southend and had them have a complete new set made up. Not only was it cheaper than the professional riggers that visit your boat, it has lasted through the Jester Challenge 2010 to the US and also this year the Jester Challenge to the Azores. So I can't complain about their quality. I did have a broken bottle screw on my forestay when I arrived in the Azores this year but the rigging is holding up superbly.

Of course unlike a visiting rigger they can only copy a pattern by you providing your old rigging and that could be an issue if you are missing bits. One of the yacht databases will probably have the Itchen Ferry listed however with all the rigging sizes.
 
Glayva said:
Patrick,

I had my rigging replaced in 2005 and then broke an inner shroud in both 2006 and 2007 crossing the Atlantic so in each year replaced all my rigging. After the 2007 breakage I took all my rigging to TCS in Southend and had them have a complete new set made up. Not only was it cheaper than the professional riggers that visit your boat, it has lasted through the Jester Challenge 2010 to the US and also this year the Jester Challenge to the Azores. So I can't complain about their quality. I did have a broken bottle screw on my forestay when I arrived in the Azores this year but the rigging is holding up superbly.

Of course unlike a visiting rigger they can only copy a pattern by you providing your old rigging and that could be an issue if you are missing bits. One of the yacht databases will probably have the Itchen Ferry listed however with all the rigging sizes.
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who done the 05 & 07 rig.
Simon works or has done, on large Oysters he knows his onions, though not so hot on canoeing to Glastonbury from Ipswich :D
 
No, not so good on canoeing. He actually got stuck near Marlborough when the bottom of the canoe dropped out, because he dragged it round the Kennet and Avon's locks!

I was the idiot that brought him his bicycle from Essex so he could finish his journey. No Glasto this year, so I haven't seen him either.
 
Corribee Boy said:
No, not so good on canoeing. He actually got stuck near Marlborough when the bottom of the canoe dropped out, because he dragged it round the Kennet and Avon's locks!

I was the idiot that brought him his bicycle from Essex so he could finish his journey. No Glasto this year, so I haven't seen him either.
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not to mention the rnli then :)
 
sailorman said:
who done the 05 & 07 rig.
:D
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You are really testing my memory. Two different professional riggers. The fellow who did it in 2005 is no longer in business, retired with a good reputation. The other one was I think called Lee Stammers from Southend. I had no complaints about the quality of his work, he did a great job fixing up a couple of weak points on my mast around my lowers and also fitting an emergency forestay. It is the weather that caused my shrouds to break, constant waves hitting the mast, I believe causing too much flexing around the swages. I haven't had quite as constantly bad weather since my Atlantic crossings in 2006 and 2007.

The point I was trying to make was that I found that for the money I thought TCS did a really good job and it is much easier to take your old rigging down to their shop rather than wait for a rigger and pay for his time to visit your boat.

Of course I just saw your smiley while reviewing this and maybe I shouldn't have given you a serious answer. :-)
 
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