Report from meeting with
Ray/Rigworks regarding condition of our sailboat rigging December 20, 2011
Spreaders
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We have LaFell (sp?) system
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Could some basic “housekeeping”
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New spreaders would cost $500
Backstay is the oldest – surface
rust can be seen and material different than other stays
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Replace especially due to work for SSB Radio
Other stays seem to be at
half-way point of life span (West Marine says 6 years, standard thinking is
10-15 years)
Headsail wire
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Move unit down with halyard pennant
Winches need servicing
Lifeline turnbuckles need safety
wiring
Lines led aft
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$5,000 just for hardware
Radar
1. Antenna consult on-line vendor, Riley Marine out of Los Angeles who make best
mount; they will do a dedicated conduit for the radar wiring
2. Reflector
3. Bull
Horn
VHF
1. Antenna
WiFi
2. Antenna Mets or Gammon
SSB – see above
Tri-color Anchor light – Orca Green with photo cell or Micy (sp?)
– not Lopo
Spinnaker Pole Holder at Mast – our is a wisker pole
Mast Steps – does not recommend them…weight aloft, sketchy, line hooks on them
We have no Spinnaker Halyard; the line up there now is the Spinnaker
sheet; one can be put on.
Need new Main Sail halyard; also consider new headsail halyard to
replace current wire one. Consider Boom Vang…might be possible without going
into headliner.
Mast would be pulled at Driscoll’s through working relationship they
have then brought over to Rigworks with no lay charges for the days it took to
do all the work. We said possibly
February 2012. Quote after January 3,
2012.
It was a windy day and not that easy of a docking job here or back at the Rigworks marina, we did prevail as the good seaman and sea-woman we are
Rigworks and our mast in the back ground with the rigger up the mast.
We went to Rigworks to get a rig inspection. Nothing but
good news! Our rig is ready to go cruising. The back stay needs replacing but
we want to install an ICOM802 SSB radio so we will redo the back stay anyway. The rest
is shall we say ship shape.
Me chilling on the dock.
Our boat at the fuel dock near Rigworks.
The PO did the needed
upkeep on the boat and about four years ago painted the mast and had new
rigging installed. The same with the Harken furler. They have not been making
that model all that long so says the rigger.
While the rigger was up our mast we went to the park across the street.
While at the park we were on the phone with the sail maker.
The rigger and I chatting it up
We do want to replace
the wire halyard sail halyard and they can do that without replacing the sheave
in the mast head.
The mast head is in
great shape and so are the spreaders.
We are getting a
price for installing items on the mast.
Radar antenna
Radar reflector
Hailer
Wisker pole track and holder.
Wind vane
WiFi antenna
VHF digital antenna
Mast steps
And what I am forgetting.
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