Standing Rigging and Roller Furlers

[Mike Beaujean]

During the winter, I plan to inspect the rigging on my 1983 C-27 (Hull #5258). Since I am unsure of the age of this rigging, I will probably end up having it all replaced. Does anyone know of a rigger that does work for a reasonable rate in the Warwick/East Greenwich area? Also, I plan to look into new furling systems for my headsail. I currently have an old CDI Reefer 7 continuous feed and it appears on its last legs. I was looking into a Schaefer 750 system and seemed pretty impressed. Since this involves rigging and thus ship safety, I am giving thought to having a professional rigger do the whole job. I am trying to find a balance between reasonable cost for materials and labor. I have just started sending out feelers for price quotes. Since this would be done over the winter, time would not be essential. Any thoughts on these subjects would be greatly appreciated.

 

[John Visser]

Rigging Only

In New BedfordYou can bring/send your old standing rigging to them, and they will duplicate it. They also sell furlers, and will set it up for you to install. Very good prices, and excellent work. see link

 

[Hans]

DIY for less than $400

Piece of cake if your mast is down for storage: take the existing rigging of and have it duplicated (a number of places will give you reasonable prices, incl. CatalinaDirect, Performance Yacht Systems (where I bought), WM and BUS). A straight replacement with swaged-on terminals should be under $400.I replaced mine (Cat27 tall) one at a time with the boat on the water and the mast up - I therefore ordered slightly longer pieces with swages only on top, then cut to length myself and put on stay-locks as bottom terminals (slightly more expensive).I also shopped for a new roller reefer this spring since I wasn't sure that my old Hood would come apart to replace the forestay (but id did and still works OK): I found Harken Size 0 to come highly recommended from several riggers AND the best deal at around $800.

 

[Joe Ford]

Do it yourself comments..

I highly recommend taking the mast down. It's a cinch then, plus you can inspect the sheaves and electronics etc plus give it a good waxing. Check the C27 webpage for an interesting (cheap) way of unstepping the mast.You'll also find rigging specs on that site so you can shop around, although "rigging only" looks pretty good.