So this is about the shrouds that go all the way to the top from the spreader tips, correct? Those are important shrouds, moreso than the intermediates on your 32. You could use dye penetrant yourself whcih is an aid to the naked eye for such inspections.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dye_penetrant_inspection search dye penetrant to find products you could use...if any of these marks are cracks you will get better information from dye penetrant analysis Dwight Veinot C&C 35 MKII, *Alianna* Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS d.ve...@bellaliant.net On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 10:30 AM, Stevan Plavsa via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> 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 > > http://webspace.ocad.ca/~splavsa/images/Sailing/Rig/1.jpg > http://webspace.ocad.ca/~splavsa/images/Sailing/Rig/2.jpg > http://webspace.ocad.ca/~splavsa/images/Sailing/Rig/3.jpg > http://webspace.ocad.ca/~splavsa/images/Sailing/Rig/4.jpg > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > >
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