Like David we also re-did the rigging on Ronin back in 1998. The original spreaders were worn away at the base and the spreader tips were rotten. As he and others have noted, the original tangs were frozen and a bad design to boot. We replaced all of the tangs with the K200 fittings, re-headed all the rod and replaced the forestay with wire for the installation of a Harken furler. The backstay is original rod. The riggers had my mast for a whole month, did a complete survey, did the upgrades and back then (yeah, I know, some time ago…) they said the rod was fine when we put it all back on the boat.
Perhaps I’m not cautious enough but I am still fine with the rod. I just haven’t heard much about rod suddenly failing but that just may be because I don’t get out of the house enough. I’ve only been on three boats where the rigging let go and one was because of a broken spreader, another from a broken forestay turnbuckle and the other from a headstay tang snapping in two because of flaw in the material (1.5” wide by 1/2” thick S.S.) that probably came from the factory. Each time we were able to keep the rig up. Anyway, if I were heading off to Australia I might re-think it but then I’m never heading of to Australia on my 37… Best, Dave Godwin 1982 C&C 37 - Ronin Reedville - Chesapeake Bay Ronin’s Overdue Refit On Apr 11, 2014, at 4:22 PM, David Folsom <[email protected]> wrote: > I just got finished redoing some of my rod rigging on my 1981 C&C 36. > > The initial motivation for this was that the rod was original and that the > spreader tips were corroded and needed to be redone. > > What I did was re-head my backstay, and rehead the shrouds below the first > spreader. > > I also replaced the Nav Tangs- which are the connections where the shrouds > connect to the mast, as I was told the original design was a bit flawed and > put too much stress on the end of the rod. We replaced these with the NavTec > K200 fittings. > > I replaced all the shrouds above the first spreader, and by modifying the > lower spreader tips a little, was able to get away with keeping the > discontinuous rod without having to use the tip cups (which are very $$$). > > I was able to talk with Doug Peterson about my re-rigging plans (one of the > benefits of having my boat at the San Diego Yacht Club), and he told me that > if I wanted to go from rod to wire, I would need to increase the size of the > wire compared to the rod, and I would also need to extend my upper spreaders > outward about 6 inches. I am no engineer, and I don't recall the exact > reason, but Doug said this was because the stretch of the wire would require > this greater distance from the mast at the upper spreader. > > I worked with Mark Butler in San Diego to do the rigging, and I am very > pleased with the results. > > I was able to get all of this work done for about $3500 plus the cost of new > spreaders. > > Now, when I am able to put a little more money asice, I can redo the backstay > and the lower shrouds very easily. > > Overall, I am glad I spent the $$ to get this done, as I felt that using 33 > year old rod was living on borrowed time. > > I would be happy to provide more details to anyone interested. > > David Folsom > Rebel Maid > 1981 C&C 36 >
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