Ivan,
In this crowd you'll get plenty of help. My 2 cents: The change of
forestay sounds like a change in standing rigging to me, and for that I
went to Catalina Direct.com. They have the measurements of the C 27,
of course, and they can cut directly from those, but since I was
changing to a split back stay, just to make sure I sent them my standing
rigging for a backup check.
They sent me a complete set of standing rigging, including new
turnbuckles, for, as I remember, about $750. The set fit perfectly
and has given good service for five years. Prices will have raised, of
course.
I was going to go to West for running rigging, but Ken Bromion at Oak
Harbor Marina made up all new running rigging for me from the same
Stayset line, and at a good price. This included fitting the
appropriate shackles.
A famous rigging shop near Annapolis wanted about 25% more. Ken's
rigging served well. (past tense now because I've sold my boat. 35
years of sailing and 75 years of aging says enough. That's me, not my
boat.)
It's common to have a roller furling jib raised by what would otherwise
be a jib halyard. Comes down easily enough, but needs to be winched
tight on re raising. No big deal probably. If you're close by, I'd be
glad to come help.
My charge: 1 beer (well, 2 maybe)
Rudy B.
ivan wrote:
Hello all, I decided to go with the all rope halyards since my current
wire/rope halyards have frayed pretty badly this year. When I took a
trip up the mast to see what would be involved in changing the sheaves
I noticed that my forestay had some broken wires in that as well. So
the mast is coming down, with a crane, instead of waiting for it to
come down on it's own! Does anyone have a good source for running
rigging? I have a roller furler and don't really know much about
changing the forestay with one of these. It looks like it just runs
through the foil, but without being able to take it off I haven't
really tired to figure it out yet. So if anyone can offer some help
with that I would certainly appreciate it!
-Ivan
