What's your budget? Fix any safety concerns first.
Do you need new shrouds and stays (about $600 per set)? how old are they? Do you have stainless (good) or cast aluminum (dangerous) spreader brackets? If needed, replace them now, while the mast is down. They can be replaced while the mast is up, but you probably need to hire a rigger and a crane to do it safely, assuming you don't have experience working aloft. New mainsail will cost $600-2000 for high quality dacron, depending on how many reefs, battens, etc. Halyards and mainsheet can cost. A complete set of medium tech lines (halards mainsheet vang and sheets for jibs and spinnies), spliced to shackles as needed runs $500 - 1500. You can go with some stretch-ier line and knots for cheaper. Halyards can be replaced while the mast is up, but it's quicker and easier while it's down. A good place for a replacement traveller, vang, blocks, etc is Garhauer or Catalina direct. They both carry lots of pre-pakaged kits" for the C27. Garhaurer is the OEM supplier for Catalina. They used to sell full, half and quarter kits to replace all the gear on a C27. I didn't see it on their website, so call them to ask. If you want a spinnaker crane, add it while the mast is down. Or wait until the next time you drop the mast. Adding a padeye for a whisker pole can be done at any time, you can defer the cost until later. A spinny gear kit at Catalina Direct costs $450 (cruiser) or $800 (high performance)) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You should start with a thorough inspection of the mast, looking for wear and tear and corrosion at the fasteners and for worn parts. Remove, inspect and replace bolts at highly stressed places as needed. Replace any worn sheeves and blocks with appropriately sized and specificed parts. Replace halyards if worn and frayed . Lazy jacks - that's a personal choice. There's no concensus on that. Try sailing someone else's boat and see if you like them. Personally, I don't see the need for a small boat like a C27, but I ususally sail with another person. I've lazy jacks on other boats. But other folks love them. Most people like the Dutchman or in tegreated systesm with sailcovers. (I personally like the stack packs, but they cost quite a bit. In 2003, I spent about $2500 to replace every component on my C27 mast: wiring, blocks, halyards, spinny gear, etc. It already had SS spreader brackets and a new truck on the top. Plus I spent about $1500 (not counting my labor) to have the rig shop repaint and repair some structural damage at the spreaders. see http://www.blumhorst.com/catalina27/mast-repair1.htm and follow the links for info on a (way too fancy and over-the-top) rebuilding job. Good luck ________________________________ From: Joe <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, March 30, 2010 6:59:37 AM Subject: [IC27A] Re-Rigging Questions I recently purchased an 84 C27 Standard Rig and have the mast down and would like some suggestions for improving the rigging. Please provide any insight on the following. Adding a mast eye for a whisker pole? Size needed - Source/cost? Lazy Jacks - worth the effort/investment? Halyards are external with wire should I change to all line and go internal? Source for new mainsail? Adding spinnaker crain and hardware now? Mainsheet configuration - traveler is on cabin? Anything else? Thank you, any help is appreciated - Joe
