When I hauled out my 2003 Catalina 310 in the fall of 2018, I decided to replace all the standing rigging, including the forestay. The next season, I noticed that I couldn't quite get all the slack out of the luff of the genoa. After hauling the boat in 2019, I decided to investigate. I noticed that the foils had been cut down slightly by the boatyard because they stated that the swivel was almost rubbing against the halyard guide at the top of the mast. This was verified by pictures I took before and after the rigging was replaced. Zooming in on the masthead where the new forestay was attached, I noticed what appeared to be a crack running the length of the Norseman fitting. I was about to call the yard and cuss them out. At the advice of a photography teacher, I went back and took another photo at a different time of the day. The "crack" had moved over towards the center, clearly indicating a reflection from the nearby halyard tucked against the mast. Saved me from the expense of paying a drone pilot to inspect the fitting, as well as unfairly blaming my boatyard
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