Interestingly, I was talking to people at NE Rigging Systems in Concord, MA just yesterday about replacing the rod on my 1983 C&C35 MK III and they told me about this issue. Apparently C&C changed from aluminum through bolts (through the mast holding the rod connection fittings) in the late 80's to SST through bolts because the internal wire halyards would cut through the aluminum bolts over time. They just did a C&C 40 and found that the aluminum bolts were almost completely cut through.
-----Original Message----- From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Wally Bryant Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 2:07 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List wire halyards Be careful stowing them. When I re-rigged I replaced the spreaders because a PO wrapped the wire halyards behind the spreaders to keep them quiet. The wire wore completely through the aluminum trailing edge, and I'm pretty sure that weld has structural value. <G> Jimmy Kelly wrote: > however wire still appears to do the job.best _______________________________________________ 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
