Re: Re-rigging the P-19 - Marketing paranoia rampant!

Mac Davis (cgula@innet.com)
Wed, 24 Feb 1999 08:09:33 -0500


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Greetings, all:
<On the subject of rigging, Moitessier also is widely quoted as having said,
"life is too short to splice wire".
Regards,
Mac Davis, Kelpie, WWP19#804, Aripeka, Fl
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>Bernard Moitissier, a blue water sailor to be sure, completely avoided
>stainless wire in favor of galvanized wire saying that it was less
>brittle, and therefore more likely to survive shock loads.
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>Glad to hear any opinions on this.
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>Bill Longyard
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