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Reply to: Synthetic standing rigging anyone?

[quote=gobigkahuna][quote]it can be argued that hm rigging is safer than ss because chafe, uv damage and fuzz are easy to spot and signs of wear and alert that it is time for attention...[/quote] Here's a perfect example of what you're talking about. Note the swaged fitting on the left (red arrow). The rigging on this boat shows absolutely no signs of rust or wear of any kind, yet the stainless steel 1x19 wire that was swaged to this eye broke while the boat was in its slip. Lucky it didn't happen while sailing otherwise the entire rig might have been lost. [img]https://www.dropbox.com/s/0jy8m8osqr80cwv/broken%20bridle%20stay.jpg?dl=1[/img][/quote]

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