A $5000 Do it Yourself Sailboat Rigging Project EP. 96

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Hey friends, my names Parker, and my partner is Katy. Welcome back to another episode, and part two of our standing rigging replacement on our Passport 42 named Boundless. We bought her last year, and together, we are working to get her ready to sail around the world 🌎

Since some of you may not be familiar with sailboats, the standing rig is all of the stainless steel cables that hold up our 60’ mast and are a very important part of any sailboat. They attach to chainplates on the deck, and on the mast at various points, some of them being held away from the mast by things called spreaders.

Last week we replaced all of our shrouds under the instruction of our friend and professional rigger, Steve. If you haven’t seen that video yet, I recommend watching it first to get caught up on this project.

This week, we are tackling the the two forestays, which are on the front (or bow) of the boat. They support the front of the mast, and have things called furlers that the two headsails, the jib and the staysail roll (or furl) up onto. Unlike the shrouds, the forestay cables run inside the furling foils. This makes them the most complicated part of changing out the standing rigging. We have to try and pull the new cable through the bearings in the foil, and if we fail, we will have to disassemble the aluminum foil sections piece by piece making the job much more tedious AND increases the possibility of breaking something in the process… We have two shots at getting it right. Are we feeling lucky? Well cross your fingers everyone, and lets see how it goes…

Boat specs below ⬇️

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[ BOAT SPECS ]
1984 Passport 42
Hull #33
Displacement - 25,000 lbs
Ballast - 9,500 pounds of lead (encapsulated keel not bolted on)
Marconi Cutter Rig
Length - 42'
Beam - 12.75'
Water Draft - 6.4"
Air Draft - 59'

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