Replacing rigging
Well, the good news is that your boat doesn't face some of the demands of a bluewater cruiser, so the demands on your rigging are substantially less; read that, less expensive. What you have already are all the patterns for replacement, i.e., your existing rig. Easiest way to do this in your case would be to decommission the boat -- take down the existing rig which will include unstepping your mast -- and remove all the current standing rigging. Then, contact someone like West Marine or Boat/US. Both have rigging shops and arrange to send your rigging to them. They will take a look at it -- and in most cases have the rigging tech specs from all the manufacturers already -- and them fabricate new rigging for you. They have a standard replacement rig package and they will also accommodate any requests you may have such as Sta-Lok terminals versus swagged-on terminals...that kind of thing. They can also make recommendations to you as well. All you have to do then is give them a credit card number and then wait on the new rig to show up via UPS. Then it's just a matter of restepping the mast and installing the rig which you can pretty much do yourself. I would get some professional help, tho, in restepping the mast. You can rent digital tensiometers from most of the quality boat supply places and they are typically pre-programmed, making using them a snap. I'd recommend you do most of the "grunt" work yourself because you will save some money and you will gain invaluable "how-to" knowledge. Good luck.
