David, Well, I did find the costs for redoing the rod ends and tangs. In 1999 it was ~$1,400.00 US so factor in inflation since then and that would come to about $1,900.00.
Maybe. Good luck, Dave 1982 C&C 37 - Ronin On Nov 27, 2013, at 12:15 PM, Dave Godwin <dave.god...@me.com> wrote: > David, > > I had the same problems when I bought our current C&C 37, circa 1982. For me > at least it involved a good bit more than re-heading the rod. If you have the > same style Navtec rod ends and tangs that I did which may be likely given the > age of our boats then you may be in for a bit more that just re-heading the > rod. > > As regards my spreaders, the tips were fine but the root/base of each were > worn away to the point that you could grab the shrouds and pull them fore and > aft a good foot. Or better. The riggers simply hell-arc’d new aluminum and > drilled new pivot holes and we were off to the races. Well, docks maybe. > Anyway, don’t know if that is a solution for the tips but worth a talk with > the riggers. > > For the standing rigging, my Navtec tangs were the old “Frankenstein neck > plug” style, comprised of stainless steel heads screwed to an aluminum > through bolt/rod. As related to me by the riggers, these were supposed to > move to allow some fore and aft movement. Over time because of the > interaction of the stainless and aluminum they seized up. As a result of that > the tangs began to cut into the head of the rod ends. > > We replaced all the tangs with the newer style stemball and stemball tang > technology. That was 13 years ago and I don’t have any distinct cost numbers > available for that work and they wouldn’t be useful by now anyway given > inflation. > > As Joel said, there are other options. When I added roller furling at the > same time, I opted to go with wire rigging for the forestay. > > Hope that helps. > > Best, > Dave > 1982 C&C 37 - Ronin > > > On Nov 27, 2013, at 11:49 AM, David Folsom <dfolsom...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I am looking at redoing my rod rigging in the next few months. I know this >> topic has been discussed in the past, but I would appreciate your input. >> >> >> My upper spreaders are badly corroded at the tip- and so I am going to >> replace them. Does anybody have suggestions for where I can obtain just the >> tips? or do I have to replace the entire spreaders? >> >> I am also considering re-heading most of the rod, rather than replacing, as >> I can't afford to replace it all at this time. Does anyone have experience >> with getting the rod re-headed rather than replaced? I think I will have to >> replace the upper diagonal and the shroud that goes from the lower spreader >> to the top of the mast. I would then re-head the backstay, and the lower >> shroud and lower diagonal. The forestay is new. >> >> Does anyone have experience with replacing the mast fittings? I understand >> the fittings that were originally used are now considered obsolete. >> >> Finally, how much did people spend on their replacing the rod rigging? >> >> thanks again for the helpful advice >> >> David Folsom >> Rebel Maid, 1981 C&C 36 >> San Diego >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
