Catalina 22 Standing Rigging

[Essington]

I just helped a friend rig up his Catalina 22 today, and noticed that all of his standing rigging was built with 1x19 that had a thimble and 2 nicopress fittings on each end.

I am wondering if this is a normal setup for Catalina 22s or should I let him know that it may be best to have that rigging rebuilt using proper swedge fittings?

Has anyone else looked at, or worked on a Catalina 22? What did that rig look like?

Also, I noticed that some of the turnbuckles tightened opposite the others (I think the upper shrouds were backwards from the lower shrouds), Is this something that we should be concerned about?

On a related note, If we had the rig rebuilt using HM line, how is that usually done, and what type of rope is usually used for standing rigging? Is it just the shrouds that are built out of the HM line, or can the backstay be built out of it too? I assume that the Hank on Genoa would be too abrasive to use HM on the forestay.

Any pointers would be appreciated

thanks

-jason