[quote=Wolfman]Try it with the one trap to start with and see how it goes. If you don't find any problems you may just be able to get away with a double trap.
Everyone is rightly concerned because a 30+ year boat usually has a few skeletons in its closet that you will unearth, hopefully not the hard way. The diamond wires aren't the biggest concern (A hobie 16 doesn't have diamond wires either), it's the fatigue stress on certan parts over the lifetime of the boat. This is especially true at the beam connectins, the rigging tangs, the dolphin striker and mast. Keep an eye on those parts for fatigue cracks and problems with the fiberglass. All that being said you could have a lightly used well maintained boat, time and usage will tell.
Finally you can break any boat if put it out in a big enough blow with enough weight on the trapeze. A couple of people I know in Australia broke an F18 when they went out in a huge wind with 2 200+ lb guys on the trap and another on the helm. The powered it up so much that the boat essentially collapsed, rigging went and one hull snapped in half.[/quote]
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