Three riggers three opinions

[Bosco]

Sometimes too much advice can cause ones head to explode...!

Here is the question...A CAL 34 which is contemplating an Atlantic crossing in the coming year. The current standing rigging is OLD ( the boat was a hurricane boat) but passed its last inspection by a rigger we trusted but who is sadly no longer an option to use...So we thought new standing rigging would be not a bad thing and asked several local riggers for quotes on new standing rigging.

The first suuggested going up a size in wire...

The second suggested PBO...

The third sugessted switching to metric wire but to keep more to the same sizing (IE replacing the 1/4" with 6MM etc.

I really like the idea of going with a synthetic but the terminals on the PBO makes for a VERY expensive package and it makes me wonder if there is a more shall we say marlinspike alternative to the synthetic that makes sense for an older classic plastic boat...

Having lived and built a couple of boats in Europe the idea of switching to metric makes a lot of sense as imperial bits are harder than hens teeth to find..Right now I am in St Martin so could go either way easily...But that brings me to the question of oversized wire or not.