Hello friends! I've been sailing my whole life but just purchased my first cruising sailboat, a 1991 Cat30 mkii tall rig! I will be using this for freshwater lake cruising with my family of 4. Having just transported it from out of state to my local lake in GA, I wanted to take care of some deferred maintenance while she's on the hard. While I have had experience in many areas of sailboat repair and maintenance, one area where I'm a total newbie is the standing rigging. I was hoping someone here could offer some advice regarding my forestay and clevis at the masthead. The forestay seems to be in poor shape (untwisting) near the swage at the masthead, and the clevis appears to have been beat up somehow. I'm including some photos for your reference. Do I need to replace the forestay entirely, along with the clevis pin? or does this seem repairable? If the former, are these parts what I will need?
1) forestay kit: https://www.catalinadirect.com/index.cfm/product/2053/forestay-trim-2-fit-stud-c-30.cfm
2) masthead clevis pin: https://www.catalinadirect.com/index.cfm/product/2739/c-30-c-34-c-36-masthead-clevis-pin.cfm
Also, is it ok for me to just replace the forestay and not the backstay & shrouds too?
Thanks in advance for any advice / direction!!! I greatly appreciate it and look forward to participating on the forum! Thanks in advance for your guidance!
1) forestay kit: https://www.catalinadirect.com/index.cfm/product/2053/forestay-trim-2-fit-stud-c-30.cfm
2) masthead clevis pin: https://www.catalinadirect.com/index.cfm/product/2739/c-30-c-34-c-36-masthead-clevis-pin.cfm
Also, is it ok for me to just replace the forestay and not the backstay & shrouds too?
Thanks in advance for any advice / direction!!! I greatly appreciate it and look forward to participating on the forum! Thanks in advance for your guidance!
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