Bill Combs wrote:
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> > My rigger has told me a zillion times that the 95% of rig failures on
> > cruisers are caused by a lost retaining ring or or cotter pin. So TAPE THEM
> > ALL DOWN with rigging tape, friends, so a loose line can't whip them out or
> > rough seas jiggle them out. That includes quick-pins on your forestay -- it
> > only takes 30 seconds when rigging.
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> Being almost entirely self-taught in these areas, I apparently do some
> unusual things. In this instance, I use SS bolts and aircraft nuts for
> all fastenings that secure standing rigging. Not a clevis pin (nor,
> obviously, cotter pin or ring) to be found. This is most assuredly
> secure and inarguably faster, but does anyone see anything wrong with
> it from any other viewpoint?
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> Regards,
>
> Bill Combs
> WWP 19 #439 (Aug 1987)
> "Ursa Minor"
> Fort Walton Beach FL
> ttursine@gnt.net