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22. PROTECT YOUR RIGGING
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WITHOUT CAREFUL INSPECTION AND PROPER
MAINTENANCE, THE RIG IS SUBJECT TO
FATIGUE, WEAR, DISCOLORATION AND,
THEREFORE, PRODUCT FAILURE. REMEMBER,
REGULAR INSPECTION AND CLEANING WILL
INCREASE THE LIFE OF YOUR INVESTMENT AND
SECURE YOUR RIGGING
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To protect your rigging we suggest the following:
1.
Always rinse your rigging with fresh water after
sailing, especially salt-water sailing. Salt can
create corrosion pits, causing cracks and
deterioration.
2.
Clean with a water-soluble chlorine-free
detergent. Nonabrasive cleansers are best for
hard white vinyl coated cables.
3.
Inspect rigging for stains. Rust stains may indicate
stress cracks or corrosion. Remove stains with
synthetic or brass pads. Never use steel wool
pads.
4.
Look for broken wires, a sign of fatigue in rigging.
Replace standing rigging if wires are broken.
5.
Never mix stainless steel and galvanized metals
on cables, fittings, pins, cotter keys, etc. If mixing
dissimilar metals, electric currents may conduct
between metals causing rapid deterioration
6.
After unstopping, make sure to release all
standing rigging to avoid bending, crushing and
kinking.
7.
Store rigging in a dry place. Never store in a
plastic bag, which can cause corrosion.
SAIL CARE
Sunlight is a sail’s worst enemy, so
cover the
mainsail when not in use. An ultraviolet guard, fitted
down the leech of a roller headsail, will protect the
exposed part from the weathering effect of the sun
and from dirt and grit. Mildew can be prevented by
storing sails dry and by hand washing twice a season.
Check all sails regularly for chafe, particularly where
they chafe on deck fittings or rigging, at reef points,
batten sleeves and the foot of the headsail. Sail
batten pockets should also be inspected on a regular
basis.
To stow the mainsail, start at the leech and flake it
onto the boom, left and right, in about 18-in. (46 cm)
folds while pulling the leech aft. Secure with a sail tie
and continue to the luff. Lash to the boom with sail
ties or shock cord.
GENERAL HARDWARE
MAINTENANCE
Check all fittings regularly to be sure screws are tight.
Occasionally lubricate (use silicone lubricants) all
moving parts on such fittings as blocks, turnbuckles
and cam cleats, as well as the locking pins of snatch
blocks, track slides, spinnaker poles, etc. Inspect cleat
and fairleads for roughness or smoothness with fine-
grained emery paper if necessary. Also, replace any
missing or damaged cotter pins in turnbuckles and
shackles and either tape them or use them or use
protective covers manufactured for that purpose.
Grease winches annually at a minimum.
WINCH MAINTENANCE
Follow the maintenance instructions prescribed by the
winch manufacturer. We recommend a minimum of an
annual cleaning and light greasing.