Forum: SparTalk
09-27-2009, 11:15 PM
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Replies: 1
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RIP Harry Donovan
This last Wednesday a great rigger Harry Donovan died. He was one of the first real arena riggers and hung hundreds of thousands of points. He developed techniques, systems and equipment use we take...
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Forum: SparTalk
07-13-2009, 05:04 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,651
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Forum: SparTalk
07-12-2009, 03:15 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,651
Thanks for the reply. Got a Fid-O in a bag...
Thanks for the reply. Got a Fid-O in a bag somewhere.....I just like the way yers feel in the hand. I bitch about the Selmas but they're a good "does-all" compromise for me and what I mostly use at...
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Forum: SparTalk
07-07-2009, 06:09 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 4,228
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Forum: SparTalk
07-07-2009, 03:42 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 4,228
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Forum: SparTalk
07-07-2009, 02:43 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,651
A Smaller Point Hudson Phid???
Those Point Hudsons are without question my favorite fids but for smaller stuff I end up going to the two smaller Selmas. Being made of thinner stock both of them are bent at the tip and kinda...
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Forum: SparTalk
04-26-2008, 10:49 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 13,034
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Forum: SparTalk
04-25-2008, 11:23 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 13,034
All that makes sense. I'm in a similar position...
All that makes sense. I'm in a similar position where I should be weighing options perhaps more thoroughly than I have. I'm planning to fundamentally keep the existing gaff rig on the pinky schooner...
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Forum: SparTalk
04-24-2008, 06:23 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 13,034
Please excuse and correct my ignorance but cost...
Please excuse and correct my ignorance but cost aside what advantages are there to using rope instead of wire for the standing rigging on a boat like this? Am I wrong in thinking that wire has lower...
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Forum: SparTalk
04-17-2008, 06:13 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,765
Thank you for confirming my initial reaction...
Thank you for confirming my initial reaction Brion..."cheap insurance". It falls in line with the attitude I live by that if you expect the worst and prepare for it the worst rarely bites you in the...
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Forum: SparTalk
04-06-2008, 10:15 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,568
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Forum: SparTalk
04-06-2008, 12:37 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,568
Thanks Brian. Of all I've seen those vises seem...
Thanks Brian. Of all I've seen those vises seem to be my best bet so far....I'm just not sure I've seen all my options. Like all tools there are going to be pros and cons in any comparison. When I...
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Forum: SparTalk
04-06-2008, 12:05 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,568
need a splicing vise
I just bought a 32' steel Colvin design Pinky schooner that needs a lot of love including new rigging all around. I don't want to use compression or swage stud turnbuckles or Nicopressed eyes (and I...
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Forum: SparTalk
01-29-2007, 05:54 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 7,801
a better question
33 views and no opinions? Jeez, that's like the joke "so 33 riggers walk past a bar.........hey, it COULD happen." I guess I need to ask a better question............
I've used a non in-line tension...
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Forum: SparTalk
01-27-2007, 05:21 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 7,801
Loos gauge vs load cells?
Lately I've run into a couple of situations where I would have liked to have put load cells temporarily into systems with 1/4" and 5/16" wire but for several reasons it wasn't logistically possible....
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