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

oldbandito (oldbandito@citlink.net)
Wed, 24 Feb 1999 08:03:35 -0800


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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I don't know, in over 30 years of rigging/commissioning/ owning
sailboats, I have NEVER seen 1x19 wire rope fail where it bends
around a thimble . . . Ever. I have seen it fail AT the nicro press
swedge, but never at the bend.

methinks we worry too much . . . . . .

Dik Richardson
Hamada HMS 18 #11
losBarbas Ranger 29 #60
Vas Kora Islander 33 #363
Hidden Harbor Marina, Rio Vista, CA