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Catalina 27 standard or tall rig, backstay bridle pair.
Pre-made and on the shelf ready to ship. (See Warnings & Notes #1)
We start with corrosion resistant type 316 stainless steel wire. Roll swaged fittings are used both top and bottom. A new open design turnbuckle body can be securely pinned to prevent the turnbuckle from unscrewing.
1) We have used the available information from rigging check lists to be able to provide rigging that is on the shelf and ready to ship right away. There were some variations in lengths over time noted on the rigging check lists and there may be others that have been introduced while your boat has been in the field. Included with the rigging kit is a special extended rigging toggle that provides some extra length if needed. For this kit you will have substitute the longer toggle for the existing toggle at the bottom of your turnbuckle as part of the top portion of the backstay.
2) We have found that by including the special rigging toggle, this set of rigging will work for most boats in the field. If you receive and find your boat requires different lengths, this kit is returnable and we can switch to our, on the shelf, ready to ship, Trim-2 Fit version if timing is critical or you can send in your old, marked as tuned, rigging for duplication.
Since rigging fails inside of the end fittings where they cannot be inspected, prudence dictates that standing rigging be replaced every seven years for boats sailed in salt water, every ten years for those sailed in fresh water.
You should “pre flight” and “post flight” your rig before and after every sail. Every time you sail in more wind than you have sailed in previously with your new rigging, it should be re-tuned.
Catalina 27 standard or tall rig, backstay bridle pair.
Pre-made and on the shelf ready to ship. (See Warnings & Notes #1)
We start with corrosion resistant type 316 stainless steel wire. Roll swaged fittings are used both top and bottom. A new open design turnbuckle body can be securely pinned to prevent the turnbuckle from unscrewing.
1) We have used the available information from rigging check lists to be able to provide rigging that is on the shelf and ready to ship right away. There were some variations in lengths over time noted on the rigging check lists and there may be others that have been introduced while your boat has been in the field. Included with the rigging kit is a special extended rigging toggle that provides some extra length if needed. For this kit you will have substitute the longer toggle for the existing toggle at the bottom of your turnbuckle as part of the top portion of the backstay.
2) We have found that by including the special rigging toggle, this set of rigging will work for most boats in the field. If you receive and find your boat requires different lengths, this kit is returnable and we can switch to our, on the shelf, ready to ship, Trim-2 Fit version if timing is critical or you can send in your old, marked as tuned, rigging for duplication.
Since rigging fails inside of the end fittings where they cannot be inspected, prudence dictates that standing rigging be replaced every seven years for boats sailed in salt water, every ten years for those sailed in fresh water.
You should “pre flight” and “post flight” your rig before and after every sail. Every time you sail in more wind than you have sailed in previously with your new rigging, it should be re-tuned.
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