This is in line with what I head about cotter rings(in addition to snagging on
sheets):
“Banish the “key ring” shaped cotter rings from your sailboat
rigging for good. They have a
nasty reputation of backing out of a fitting from vibration or
stress"
(http://www.skippertips.com/public/2102.cfm)
-
Paul E.
1981 C&C 38 Landfall
S/V Johanna Rose
Carrabelle, FL
http://svjohannarose.blogspot.com/
> On Oct 28, 2015, at 10:17 AM, cnc-list-requ...@cnc-list.com wrote:
>
> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 07:11:22 -0500
> From: "Dennis C." <capt...@gmail.com <mailto:capt...@gmail.com>>
> To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>"
> <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>>
> Subject: Re: Stus-List Bermuda1-2 lessons learned
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> Had rings in the shroud turnbuckles on my previous boat. Was awakened one
> night by a gentle whacking coming from a galley cabinet. A search discovered
> nothing.
>
> They next morning just before getting underway I noticed a lower shroud
> bouncing against the cabin side. On the deck were the Clevis pin and its
> cotter ring.
>
> I use cotter keys now.
>
> Dennis C.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Oct 27, 2015, at 9:11 PM, David Knecht via CnC-List
>> <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote:
>>
>> I saw a boat recently which had large cotter rings through the turnbuckles
>> instead of cotter pins. This looked like a great idea to me as I sometimes
>> find it difficult to get bent cotter pins back out of the turnbuckles. Any
>> down side of using rings instead of pins? Dave
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