A couple years after I bought Touche', I had the rig out to rebuild the mast step. I dye checked most of the fittings and didn't find any cracks. Felt better about the rig after that.
A few years later I was working on a client boat. We were inspecting the rigging and found a cracked turnbuckle. The crack was on the inside of an open turnbuckle. The crack was visible to the eye. Didn't need dye. Important to note, it was only visible because we had loosened the turnbuckle enough to where we could see the entire inside of the open turnbuckle. It was not visible on the outside of the turnbuckle body. With the turnbuckle tight, the crack was hidden by the threads of the jaw. We replaced it. Point is, the potential exists for rig failures. Be diligent about inspecting each and every fitting. Dye is only one tool. Your eyeball may be just as good if the crack is significant. Also, just as a reminder, your fore stay and back stay needs to have at least two axis of rotation at each end. That is fittings which have two pins at right angles to each other. Failure to have two can result in stress on the attachment fitting (chain plate or tang). Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 2:31 PM, Aaron Rouhi via CnC-List < [email protected]> wrote: > > I just google it... This stuff is amazing... Thanks! > > >
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