I'm considering doing a rerig this winter. There are no obvious problems, but it's getting on 33 years now and would be nice for the peace of mind. Does anyone know of any blogs / websites / emails that do sort of a step by step guide to do-it-yourself rerigging?
I'd like to do it myself to save on labor costs, but work with a local rigger hopefully to help with ordering the parts. I have one in mind who did my rig inspection plus replaced the D2s last year. The D2s (diagonals from lower spreader to mast near upper spreaders) are already new rod as of last year, due to some small cracks found at the upper rod ends of the old rod. I have the original rig schematics diagram. However Navtec no longer makes some of these parts. I understand the spreader 3-way join and the mast tangs are the tricky part. I searched the list archives but didn't find much on rerigs. I know Wally did a rerig but he didn't cover the details of it. I've seen some riggers say rerig requires unstepping the mast, but I'm not sure why they say this. If I can do this without pulling the mast that will save a lot of work and expense. Releasing the side shrouds at the upper terminations (stemballs) requires lifting the rod to near parallel to the ground and then unscrewing the navtang. When we did the D2s, this was easy. The caps unscrewed without any special efforts like heating. The uppers could be more difficult because they're longer (and perhaps hard to lift parallel to earth). If anyone knows of a good guide (ideally specific to C&C's) to this, I'd love to read it. -Patrick 1984 C&C LF38 Seattle, WA
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