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Erik Cornelison
Posted - 02/23/2019 : 19:21:24 What are you using to attached the rubber spreader boots?
Specifically around the standing rigging wire. I know the boots should allow the wire to pass through and move as the rig flexes.
I ordered rubber replacements, not leather.
I didn't like how they were attached by the previous owner with zip ties for the wire and hose clamps for the spreader. I taped it all up to prevent getting the sail snagged and torn, it lasted the five months of sailing last summer until I could get to it properly, which is now.
What-cha using?
Erik
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islander
Posted - 02/25/2019 : 11:17:54 Vinyl tape just won't hold up. Amalgamating rigging tape will last for many yrs. Mine is over 8 yrs old and I don't see needing to redo it anytime soon. Rigging Tape bonds to itself to make one solid piece and will not ravel. It is also UV resistant and waterproof.
Voyager
Posted - 02/25/2019 : 06:35:25 Retaping the rigging is an annual maintenance item for me. I use white vinyl tape, but I’ll try rigging tape this year. I can reach all the shroud and stay turnbuckles of course but the spreader boots are more of a challenge. They’re accessible by ladder on the foredeck. The times when I drop the mast (about every 2-3 years on average) I can get to and retape the mast-top rigging. While this won’t normally affect the sails, on occasion a halyard will catch on an errant cotter pin.
Peregrine
Posted - 02/24/2019 : 19:07:33 Rigging tape. Can be easily applied and replaced. After you wrap it two or three times make sure the cut end is on the aft side so it doesn't catch the wind and start to unwind early.
sethp001
Posted - 02/24/2019 : 16:00:03 It might have been overkill, but I used stainless steel worm-drive hose clamps, then covered the hose clamps with rigging tape. I sized the clamps right and oriented the worm-gear mechanism toward the mast so that the sails will not rub on the metal clamp. The rigging tape was just an extra measure.
Does anyone know how long rigging tape holds up? What about self-amalgamating Rescue Tape?
Stinkpotter
Posted - 02/24/2019 : 14:44:32
quote:Originally posted by Derek Crawford
I used rigging tape...
Likewise. I cut or tore the tape to half its width so a couple of wraps fit into each of the three indents in each boot. After a few years, I think the end of one of the tapes was flapping a little, but they held.
Derek Crawford
Posted - 02/24/2019 : 10:48:23 I used rigging tape - it sticks to itself.
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