Thank you for the replies. After some research it looks like I should use double jaw toggles to connect the eyes of the new shrouds to the eyes in the existing shroud plates.
http://hayn.com/marine/rigging/tj.html#djt On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 6:41 PM, Josh Muckley via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > 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 >> >> > _______________________________________________ > > 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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