Reply To: [moved] standing rigging

Hi Barry

I have successfully replaced all my rigging on Allegro, but as I only have third party insurance I can't comment on your insurance attitude to “doing it yourself”. Best ask first. I've done one wire at a time with a StaLok on one end so that I can cut to length on site, depending on your cross trees you may need to thread the stay through the end of the cross trees – without an end fitting in place.

The fore stay needs a toggle top and bottom as it moves under load from the jib. The rest can get away with a toggle on the bottom only. Threading the fore stay through a roller reefing gear can be a real pain. If possible remove it complete with old stay and use the old stay to “draw” the new stay into place. Otherwise you could end up dismantling the roller reefing, which if it is old my not go back together. Not Easy !

I have to say that £400 for everything does seem cheap, is it too cheap?

Mike