[quote=cyberspeed]I have a Supercat 20 and replace the standing rigging every two years and replace the forestay pigtail every year. My boat lives on Singer Island, Florida where the prevailing winds blow saltwater on the boat continuously and my boat is also over 12 feet wide. By no means typical.
I have kept track of failures in the past and divided the average by 50%. I also make my own rigging because I have had brand new rigging fail after less than ten racing miles. The forestay pigtail needs to be replaced more often than the rest of the rigging because it is shorter and also twists more than the rest of the rigging. I have had it fail after two years of beach and hard sailing.
If you build your own rigging, you can take the wire from the shrouds and cut the terminals off and use them for the bridles and forstay. The corosion is mainly located at the terminals. Especially if you replace as often as I do. I also save a complete set for spares in case of any issues.
Because of the extreme environment and extra wide boat this is probably overkill for most but a good indication that you should inspect regularly. When the mast comes down, it does a lot more damage than the rigging costs.<!-- editby --><em>Edited by cyberspeed on Mar 13, 2018 - 04:59 AM.</em><!-- end editby --> [/quote]
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