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Erik Cornelison
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Initially 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

Erik Cornelison
6th Generation Professional Sailor, First Gen Submarine Sailor.
1986 Standard Rig SW. #5234

hewebb
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Response Posted - 02/24/2019 : 06:10:04

If you are not happy with zip-ties you might try using whipping thread.

1988 WK/SR w/inboard diesel Joe Pool Lake
Hobie 18 Lake Worth

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islander
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Response Posted - 02/24/2019 : 06:22:57

I followed the CD installation instructions but I didn't have sail twine so I used seizing wire that was left over from installing new end caps.Then rigging tape over that. It's been fine now for 8yrs.https://www.catalinadirect.com/index.cfm/product/407_39/spreader-boot-kit-rubber-c-22-c-25-c-27.cfm

Scott-"IMPULSE"87'C25/SR/WK/Din.#5688
Sailing out of Glen Cove,L.I Sound

Edited by - islander on 02/24/2019 14:30:18

Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 02/24/2019 : 10:48:23

I used rigging tape - it sticks to itself.

Derek Crawford
Chief Measurer C25-250 2008
Previous owner of "This Side UP"
1981 C-25 TR/FK #2262 Used to have an '89 C22 #9483, "Downsized"
San Antonio, Texas

Stinkpotter
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 02/24/2019 : 14:44:32

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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.

Dave Bristle
Association "Port Captain" for Mystic/Stonington CT
PO of 1985 C-25 SR/FK #5032 Passage, USCG "sixpack" (expired),
Now on Eastern 27 $+!nkp*+ Sarge

sethp001
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Response 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?

Seth
"Outlier" 1987 Catalina 25 SR/SK/Traditional Interior #5541
"Zoo" 1977 Morgan Out Island 30
"Nomad" 1980 Prindle 16
"Lost" 1988 Catalina Capri 14.2 (sold - yay!)
"Marine Tex 1" Unknown Origin POS 8' Fiberglass Dinghy
https://whichsailboat.com/2014/07/27/catalina-25-review/

Edited by - sethp001 on 02/24/2019 16:01:53

Peregrine
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Response 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.

John Gisondi
Peregrine #4762

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Voyager
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Response 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.

Bruce Ross
Passage ~ SR-FK ~ C25 #5032

Port Captain � Milford, CT

Edited by - Voyager on 02/25/2019 06:38:49

islander
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Response 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.