Split pin alternatives

[Fin]

Are there any other options to using split pins on the rigging bottle screws? The bog standard ones are a pig to change the rig settings. On the grapevine I've heard that you can get some good, secure, quick release and back in again pins that have no chance of catching anything. Having checked all the usual websites I've come up blank, any ideas?

Fin.

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[doug748]

A Swedish (or similar!) company do these things, but its my understanding that you need new bottle screws. The company is called .....Hassenfoolds??. I can't quite remember but they have placed ads in the yachting press recently. I will try to find a contact if you get stuck.
I have recently experimented with the type of split ring you find on a key ring. This is reusuable and does not snag sails or flesh, but it it surprisingly difficult to find a size that will fit easily.

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[Franklin]

Using SS welding rod, bend two ends at 90º to form a [ shape. Pass short ends through holes you normally place split pins in and bend down. I find this much easier to place and remove than split pins.


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[Joe_Cole]

Monel wire?

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[doug748]

Got it. Hasselfors - Rig Loc. UK distributor: Victory Marine Fittings Ltd, Swanwick Marina, Southampton, SO31 1ZL. Tel: 01489 570797

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[doug748]

Re: Split pin

Got it. Hasselfors - Rig Loc. UK distributor: Victory Marine Fittings Ltd, Swanwick Marina, Southampton, SO31 1ZL. Tel: 01489 570797

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[clio]

stainless steel wire rings sold by west marine or make them your selves as most of us do

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[Talbot]

I have the alternative that you are talking about. They were supplied as standard by my rigging man. They are basically the same as a key ring with one end bent into the centre of the ring thus making it easier to install. PM me if you want a contact number (Hayling Island, Hampshire)

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[isandell]

Re: Split pin

Hasselfors are available in two type, the original uses grub screws which bear against the body while the newer type uses grub screws and plastic locking blocks.

Sea Holly did have the originals and when we replaced the rigging we gote newer type. I dont think that they are any more expensive than split pin types. But of course if you not need to change the rigging screws, it would be an expensive option.

Ian

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[wiggy]

why not do as some of the racers and use cable ties to link the bodies of two bottle screws so they can not rotate, its cheap and amazingly easy.

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[Egbod]

Have a look at SureClips on www.mitron.se?index.html Go to English then Turnbuckle locking for pictures of their stainless steel clips with locking pins. I got mine from Mailspeed of Burnham on Crouch- they had to be ordered. I was worried about losing them when I wanted to remove them and they might just spring off. I have secured them with an old shoe lace hat the pin pushe through.

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[Fin]

Fantastic, thanks for all the replies. The tie wrap idea is one that I have never heard of before and sounds like the simplest and cheapest option. Having also heard about the other options using things like circular split pins its amazing that they aren't used more widely.

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