Attaching new shrouds
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 10:36 am
Hello all fellow swift owners,
I've just purchased a swift 18 named 'Evergreen' number S197. I bought it through Dickies in Bangor, Wales and I moved it last weekend to Dublin, Ireland. I hope to test it out on the water in the next few weeks before I put it into storage for the winter as I will be racing my Laser 1 in the frostbites which start in a few weeks.
One quick initial question - The boat was supplied with new shrouds and backstay but the part of the shrouds at the mast end are just terminated with loops and hardeyes. I'm having difficulty contacting the owner and I was wondering if someone could explain how the shrouds connect to the mast? Does the swift use the hammerhead fittings that go in sideways into the hole in the mast like in a dinghy? Why would the rigging company have terminated the ends in hardeyes? It's a bank hol w/e in Ireland this coming w/e so I'd like to get some work done on the boat so any help would be appreciated.
Regards,
Joe
I've just purchased a swift 18 named 'Evergreen' number S197. I bought it through Dickies in Bangor, Wales and I moved it last weekend to Dublin, Ireland. I hope to test it out on the water in the next few weeks before I put it into storage for the winter as I will be racing my Laser 1 in the frostbites which start in a few weeks.
One quick initial question - The boat was supplied with new shrouds and backstay but the part of the shrouds at the mast end are just terminated with loops and hardeyes. I'm having difficulty contacting the owner and I was wondering if someone could explain how the shrouds connect to the mast? Does the swift use the hammerhead fittings that go in sideways into the hole in the mast like in a dinghy? Why would the rigging company have terminated the ends in hardeyes? It's a bank hol w/e in Ireland this coming w/e so I'd like to get some work done on the boat so any help would be appreciated.
Regards,
Joe