Rigging Guard - Total Topside Corrosion Control (Independent Rigging Maintenance Links)

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External Links:

(if any of these links stop working please contact us to let us know)

"Sailing Today" - Mast Safety Article [PDF]

http://www.stalok.com/

http://www.dixielandmarine.com/yachts/DLrigprob.html

http://www.navtec.net/support/riggingmatt.cfm

http://www.practical-sailor.com/marine/sailboat_rig.html

http://www.practical-sailor.com/newspics/charts/905rig.pdf

http://www.cncphotoalbum.com/doityourself/mastchecklist/mastchecklist.htm

http://www.kzmarine.co.nz/images/searig/Rigcheck.pdf

http://home.cogeco.ca/~mquill/chain_rope_splice.html

http://www.bosunsupplies.com/Corrosion.cfm

http://www.hellersolutions.com/C350/rigging.asp

http://www.turbolink.co.uk/jlasurveys/surveyprep.html#Fuel%20and%20electrics

http://www.anythingmarine.co.uk/Passage/PDF/Spring_Preps.pdf

http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/1971956/Main/1966711/

http://www.popesails.com/rigging.html

http://www.juststainless.co.uk/products/wire_parts/wire_parts.asp

Rigging Maintenance Tips:

If you have plastic sleeves fitted to any of your rigging wire rope remove them now. It will cause rust on the wires which will run down into your fittings and make them rust from the inside. Its better to have dirty sails than rusty wires.
If your sails chafe on the rigging why not put a reinforcing patch on the sail where it chafes. You can then replace the patch when it wears.
Never clamp anything to your standing rigging that is not 316 stainless steel and never introduce pressure points. If you do clamp 304 stainless to your rigging then these items can rust quite quickly. The resulting rust will run down the wire rope and start corroding the fittings from the inside.
To test for 316 or A4 stainless always keep a magnet in your tool box. These grades of stainless are non magnetic but 304 stainless is magnetic. Reject anything that has magnetic attraction as it will corrode rapidly in the marine environment. (See the links on the previous page for in depth information from other sources both from the UK and USA).