Yeah I kinda misinterpreted the description. The swadged end fittings should be properly attached to a tang which could then be through bolted to the mast.
On Fri, Nov 17, 2017, 8:10 AM Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > You can’t run a bolt through the eye on the end of a shroud. The tangs > line up the direction of pull, a bolt would be getting pulled on at an > angle trying to yank the head/nut off from one side. > > Joe > > Coquina > > > > *From:* CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of *Neil > Gallagher via CnC-List > *Sent:* Friday, November 17, 2017 2:23 AM > *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com > *Cc:* Neil Gallagher > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Standing Rigging Question From a Former C&Cer > > > > It's common to have the lowers attach directly to the spreader bracket, is > it possible that the plate is part of the bracket? . Further, a plain > bolt through the mast, when tightened, could cause the walls of the mast to > bend or collapse. There should be a compression tube inside the mast > through which the bolt goes to prevent that. On my mast the compression > tube and bolt are directly in line with the spreaders, and the tang plate > for the lowers is part of the spreader bracket. Attaching the lowers to > just a plain bolt through the mast doesn't seem advisable. > > Neil Gallagher > Weatherly, 35-1 > Glen Cove, NY > > On 11/16/2017 9:24 PM, bobmor99 . via CnC-List wrote: > > Hurricane Irma claimed Ox, my beloved 33-1. > > In its place I now have a 1979 Cal-31. > > I am hoping for some sympathy-advice regarding the standing rigging on my > new boat. > > Below is the as yet unanswered question I posted on the Cal user group > site: > > --- > > Greetings, > > My new-to-me 31 came with an oversized, uninstalled, brand new set of > shrouds. > > The mast ends have beefy eye fittings. > > The existing lowers terminate with jaws that connect to rectangular plates > (port and stbd) that are bolted together through the mast. > > I am wondering if the intent was to do away with the plates and run the > bolt directly through the four eyes (two eyes on each side, of course). :-) > > Any thoughts or ideas are most welcomed. > > Cheers, > > --Bob M > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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