My rigger buddy and I always use high quality stainless cotter pins. If they're in a turnbuckle, we bend them 90 degrees in order to wrap the turnbuckle with rigging tape. If they are at the masthead or where sails or crew won't get caught on them, we usually only bend them 10-15 degrees. That's all you need and they're easy to remove if need be.
Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 10:00 AM, Charlie Nelson via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I used to use split rings to reduce sail wear. The yard rigger who is > pretty knowledgeable replaced them all when he tuned the rig, > claiming that cotter pins are best. >
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