Earlier this year, I posted a question about when to replace the standing rigging. I got a lot of good advice and suggestions from you all. I said I'd follow up with a post when I got the quotes from a local rigger. Well, the numbers are in... Riggers in the SF Bay Area are either really busy or really lousy, depending on your point of view. It took about 3 months to finally get someone out to the boat to look it over and do the measurements. Despite my earlier post where I indicated that the rigging looked OK to me (it's 22 years old), the professional opinion is that it all needs to come out. The quote is as follows: $3080 for the parts $2100 for the labor That includes unstepping the mast, replacing all the rigging, tuning the mast, and re-stepping it. Of course there's always more things found once the rig is down, so I'm expecting about $6000 by the time all is said and done. A pretty big nut in a year where I've also replaced the main and jib and had the bottom done! Nothing worse than putting $10,000 into a $25,000 boat... - Richard S/V Discovery
Standing Rigging - Part 2
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Check with Ballenger
Check with Ballenger in Watsonville CA. Ballenger Spar Systems 215 Walker Steet , Watsonville, Ca 95076 Tel: 831-763-1196 Fax: 831-763-1198 e-mail: buzzballenger@worldnet.att.net website: www.ballengerspars.com Also Seco South (I think that they were the OEM for these boats) Contact Us for Marine Applications To contact us, please call, fax or email us at: Phone: 727-536-1924 Toll Free: 888-535-7326 Fax: 727-539-6314 Email: sailboatrigging@secosouth.com For some reason I thought that the price or the 31' was around $1100 +/-. This did not include the labor. Think about moving the boat to the Delta (Walton's at Bruno's Island) They can drop the stick for you and may be willing to put it back together. If not I know a fellow that may help you out. I suggest that you replace all of the sheaves while the stick is down. You can also do the deck level ones. Most of the work on this rig is done on the ground (see reference library). Once the mast is restepped, it is just a matter of puttng it up straight and a little tuning. Good luck!
Check with Ballenger in Watsonville CA. Ballenger Spar Systems 215 Walker Steet , Watsonville, Ca 95076 Tel: 831-763-1196 Fax: 831-763-1198 e-mail: buzzballenger@worldnet.att.net website: www.ballengerspars.com Also Seco South (I think that they were the OEM for these boats) Contact Us for Marine Applications To contact us, please call, fax or email us at: Phone: 727-536-1924 Toll Free: 888-535-7326 Fax: 727-539-6314 Email: sailboatrigging@secosouth.com For some reason I thought that the price or the 31' was around $1100 +/-. This did not include the labor. Think about moving the boat to the Delta (Walton's at Bruno's Island) They can drop the stick for you and may be willing to put it back together. If not I know a fellow that may help you out. I suggest that you replace all of the sheaves while the stick is down. You can also do the deck level ones. Most of the work on this rig is done on the ground (see reference library). Once the mast is restepped, it is just a matter of puttng it up straight and a little tuning. Good luck!
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Have your yard drop the mast, remove all the rigging and ship it to Rigging Only in MA. They are great folks and the prices are decent. Their catalog has all the pricing info. I was able to estimate what my rigging was going to cost before I ever sent it to them. They'll inspect the fittings and replace what you need. When it comes back put everything back together and have the yard put the mast back up for you. Might as well rewire the mast while it is down and re-bed the chainplates and mast step. I did this over the winter. I only replaced the upper rigging this past year, I'll replace the lower rigging next winter. I have a 36.5 ft mast on my 27 - the forestay, the two upper shrouds, the backstay and the lower split backstays, spreader boots, seizing wire, cotter pins, two shackles, and shipping came out around $600. Fortunately my marina was reasonable for dropping/raising the mast - $100 each way. Turn around time from Rigging Only was less than a week. You should be able to save a bundle. Manny
Have your yard drop the mast, remove all the rigging and ship it to Rigging Only in MA. They are great folks and the prices are decent. Their catalog has all the pricing info. I was able to estimate what my rigging was going to cost before I ever sent it to them. They'll inspect the fittings and replace what you need. When it comes back put everything back together and have the yard put the mast back up for you. Might as well rewire the mast while it is down and re-bed the chainplates and mast step. I did this over the winter. I only replaced the upper rigging this past year, I'll replace the lower rigging next winter. I have a 36.5 ft mast on my 27 - the forestay, the two upper shrouds, the backstay and the lower split backstays, spreader boots, seizing wire, cotter pins, two shackles, and shipping came out around $600. Fortunately my marina was reasonable for dropping/raising the mast - $100 each way. Turn around time from Rigging Only was less than a week. You should be able to save a bundle. Manny
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a lot of money to me. Not sure what it would cost here on the East Coast. The suggestion to have your mast unstepped and sending your current rigging to a shop (there are lots, like Defender, West Marine, etc.,)to be duplicated will save you about half -- if you feel qualified to remove and replace the standing rigging yourself. Another option if your current rigging is not in dire jeopardy of failing is to begin a 2-3 yr program of replacing the rigging in sections. Stay one year. Upper shrouds the next. And finally, the lowers in year 3. Rigging can be replaced with the boat in the water if you do a forestay one day, a backstay the next, etc. This kind of program spreads out the monetary pain and makes it easier to swallow.
a lot of money to me. Not sure what it would cost here on the East Coast. The suggestion to have your mast unstepped and sending your current rigging to a shop (there are lots, like Defender, West Marine, etc.,)to be duplicated will save you about half -- if you feel qualified to remove and replace the standing rigging yourself. Another option if your current rigging is not in dire jeopardy of failing is to begin a 2-3 yr program of replacing the rigging in sections. Stay one year. Upper shrouds the next. And finally, the lowers in year 3. Rigging can be replaced with the boat in the water if you do a forestay one day, a backstay the next, etc. This kind of program spreads out the monetary pain and makes it easier to swallow.
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