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It's with much fear and trepidation that I start the process of replacing the Standing Rigging. Not because it's so complicated, it's just so expensive and means a lot of work. Below is my story of installing new Standing Rigging on a 1979 Pearson 35. |
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THE OLD STUFF Some pictures of my ORIGINAL 1979, Pearson installed Standing Rigging. Notice the rust on the Marine Eyes, the corrosion on the turnbuckles and the stress at the wire/swage points not to mention being almost 25 years old! |
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So what is this Old Stuff?
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of all I was amazed to really find out that it's ORIGINAL 1979 Rigging.
The hardware is 1979 NAVTEC© turnbuckles, swaging and toggles. Pearson used the best rigging for production
P35 boats.
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Research
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Interesting to note in the above table that the Lower Fore and Aft cables are slightly different length (deck slopes slightly up). The length came from my parts list in the owners manual. The NAVTEC # came from their web site. The fork # came from an actual number stamped on the fork (see the above pictures). The marine eye for the 1/4" wire is a "best guess" from the MS data sheets. |
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Before the Order...
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Removing the Old Rigging I had pulled the Mast during the Nov 03 Haul Out and removed all the rigging.
Pulling the mast made the rigging job a lot more manageable. I marked all of the rigging, measured it and dropped it off at the riggers shop. Turn-a-round was three days. I cleaned up the mast head pins and replaced the cotter pins.
Installing the New Stuff
New Rigging Details
The Spreader Details
New Turnbuckles
Butch Working the Rigging
Stay-Loc® Fitting Going On
Ready to Step the Mast |
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Things to Consider...
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From the Net!
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Seaworthy Magazine: Inspecting Your Boat's Mast and Rigging Surveying Your Rig: