Hi all, I'm just trying to get a ballpark cost for replacing all the standing rigging on a 1987 Hunter 31. Anyone done this and have a rough estimate?
If you do the replacement. Make sure to check the rigging before (or after) with a magnet. It should NOT be magnetic. Years ago I had a couple of stays replaced and unknown to me the yard used some cheap stainless wire. Two years ago two of the (replacement) stays let go in a blow and I lost my mast (C30). I brought the broken mast and rigging to a recycle plant. I told the guy it was all top quality stainless wire. He took a magnet to it and behold, the two stays that let go were magnetic. All the original wire was not (as it should be).Hi all, I'm just trying to get a ballpark cost for replacing all the standing rigging on a 1987 Hunter 31. Anyone done this and have a rough estimate?
Unfortunately this is a common misconception. Stainless wire used for wire rope will often have some ability to attract a magnet.If you do the replacement. Make sure to check the rigging before (or after) with a magnet. It should NOT be magnetic. <Snipe>A the original wire was not (as it should be).
Some ability to attract a magnet maybe.....but the magnet should NOT stay attached to the wire. I have checked the original stays on two Catalina 30's that I have owned and with the exception of the two stays that I mentioned previously which failed and took my mast down with them, none of them will "support" a magnet. Take it for what it's worth. I'm just putting it out there. I can tell you it's no fun being dismasted. There are yards/suppliers out there who will sell you cheap wire and charge you top dollar.Unfortunately this is a common misconception. Stainless wire used for wire rope will often have some ability to attract a magnet.
Cheap wire rope is rope that is not made to a specific rating. You should only use rated wire rope for your rigging. It is not a function of being magnetic or not. Austenitic stainless steel will become magnetic when it is cold worked. Cold working to a controlled amount is how to modify the tensile strength of these alloys.
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