Hello,
Has anyone recently replaced their standing rigging on a 70's Hunter 30? I'm interested in what it cost to have it fabricated. If you measured it, had the rigging shop measure it, replaced it with original size and type, or heavier, used existing hardware, or replaced all hardware, etc. What was the cost and who did it? Were you satisfied? Looking for an idea of the cost of standing rigging replacement for a 1979 H-30....
Kind regards,
Bob
Re the above words I have highlighted from the opening query. And the attached picture of a piece of rigging hardware that
used to be on my boat. Here's a recount of my "experience".
I bought my 1980 Cherubini Hunter 36 in mid 2007. The standing rigging was replaced at end 2004 as evidenced by the rigger's invoice. Turnbuckles, wire, labor, etc.
Subsequently, until my purchase, the vessel was sailed hardly at all ... and actually was on the hard for most of the next two years. During the summer of 2012, because I sail frequently in the high winds of central SF Bay, I decided to engage a well-known rigging company to do a safety inspection. The experienced employee got his eyes within inches from everything -- compression post base at the keel, up to the masthead, to bow stem fittings, to shroud turnbuckles/chainplates, and backstay fittings. A few small maintenance items were noticed (and attended to), but overall, the rig passed muster. Good for another few years.
12 or so months on, on July 4th 2013, the pictured double-jaw toggle that served to attach the forestay turnbuckle to the bow stem fitting failed in a gust.
Apparently this fitting was re-used by the 2004 rigger. All the other similar type toggles at the shroud-to-chainplate turnbuckles were obviously a different manufacturer and were much more robust than the failed one fitted to the forestay. The forestay toggle looked fine from the outside which is why the rig inspection a year earlier missed it.
Anyway, I just thought to recount my experience. When investigating for repair of the damage caused to my furler, and concerned about the integrity of my forestay (which on close visual inspection seemed undamaged), I was told by a couple of riggers that they do not re-use even good looking turnbuckles. New wire = new turnbuckles and fittings. Anyway something to consider if you are replacing older rigging ... The firm that will be supplying the parts, or doing the work, can be you best source of advice on this.
