[quote=SteveON]Thanks Andrew. With the boat on the trailer I was checking over the rest of the rigging to find out what had failed. As far as I can tell there is no corrosion on any of the rigging and none of the shrouds broke. It appears the shrouds were safety wired to the spreaders and the safety wire failed. I found broken pieces still on the spreader and the shround.
I am going to a family reunion this weekend on a lake 200 miles away and was planning on taking a sailboat with me. Thinking now I might skip bringing a boat. Would be very embarrassing to have a failure like that in front of the family. In my experience it seems family can be the most critical if something like that happens.
I'm planning on replacing all the standing rigging as soon as $$ allows. If I can only do a little at a time where would you suggest starting? Forestay? Shrouds? Diamond wires? I have already bought new bridle wires from salty dog marine.
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