Stevan:
I agree with Dwight and others to, at the very least, do a dye test.
Better still, since you had a rigger do an inspection, have him back to
do the dye test.
From the pics, it looks like a 'crack' and if it is, you should not
sail your boat with it.....it is your 'cap shroud'.
Just curious, did the rigger inspect the two 'tie bars' between the
tangs. When we were first assembling our rig in 2006, we noticed that
the top tie bar was almost half cut through by the wire in the main
halyard.....it was made out of aluminum .......had a machine shop here
make us a new one from SS....hope your rigger inspected them.
Rob Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32 - 84
Halifax, N.S.
On 2015-05-12 10:30 AM, Stevan Plavsa via CnC-List wrote:
Hi All,
I had a rigging inspection about a month ago, rigger says everything
is fine with the exception of a couple of small things I can sort out
myself. Nothing to worry about otherwise. Great I thought....
Mast comes down for the winter up here. This year I removed spreaders
and all rigging so I could have this inspection done thoroughly and so
I could replace any cotter pins etc. Also easier to store the mast
without the spreaders and rod rigging.
So I'm putting it all back together yesterday in preparation for crane
time on Friday and I notice that the fitting that connects the cap
shroud to the spreader is cracked .. I think. I'm going to try to link
the images inline, if you don't see them click the links at the end:
Um, is this going to be a problem? Looking at it I kind of think yes
.. which is a bummer, man
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24Vlt-lpVOY>. I'm perplexed that the
rigging guy didn't notice it or mention it if he did.
Thoughts?
I'm thinking that maybe the sawing action of that fitting rubbing
against it's neighbours (three pieces of rod come together at the
spreader tip on my rig, all the pieces are sandwiched and this guy is
in the middle) just caused some scoring, but that it's not a crack. If
I thought for sure this was a crack I wouldn't be asking the question.
I don't want to shorten our short sailing season and I'de like to get
the stick pointing skyward asap. Maybe I should just trust the rigger
.. I did email him but so far no response.
Thanks,
Steve
Suhana, C&C 32
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