[quote=texastuma][quote=shortyfox]My boat has plastic coated shrouds and trapeze wires. I don't know their age but I doubt they're original because the boat is 40 years old. I see a tiny bit of rust at the top of the shrouds right where the plastic ends but it's so minute and none is running down the plastic and the one at the bottom of the shrouds there is no rust at all. I have owned several boats with plastic coated wires and never had a problem with them, but I remember reading somewhere recently that this type of rigging is no good and should be replaced ASAP. Should I trim off an inch of the plastic to see what the rust is really doing in there? Also, is it a good practice to "reverse" them occasionally?[/quote]
As a previous rigging company owner - I would replace them with bare wire. Riggers love the plastic crap because it dramatically shortens the life span of the wire. You can cut the coating off, but what happens is the water will sit inside the strands underneath the plastic coating. This past weekend, one of our boats broke a trap wire and the crew got dropped in the water.. and yes, the traps were plastic coated.
If you can't find bare wire easily, message me as we have 3 riggers local and I still have my nicro tools to make wires..[/quote]
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