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Rigging Inspection

BobJ

Alerion 38 "Surprise!"
A couple seminars back I said I would post this - it's a list of what Glenn Hansen includes in his rigging surveys. For more information about Hansen Rigging, go to HansenRigging.com.

1. General Rig Description

2. Mast Step
a. Compression Post
b. Base condition (drainage)
c. Mast Partners

3. Chainplates
a. Materials and condition
b. Fasteners

4. Deck Hardware
a. Travellers and blocks
b. Tracks for sheets and blocks
c. Shackles
d. Boom vang
e. Furling gear

5. Winches
a. Mast mounted
b. Deck/cabin top mounted
c. Line stoppers

6. Spars
a. Penetrations
b. Tangs
c. Spreaders and bases
d. Boom and gooseneck fitting
e. Spinnaker/Whisker poles
f. Masthead hardware and sheaves, etc.
g. Antennas, light, wind indicators, etc.

7. Multihulls
a. Crossbeams
b. Ladder and attachments
c. Dolphin/Pelican striker and bridle arrangement

8. Stays/Shrouds/Lifelines
a. Wires
b. Terminals/Swages
c. Turnbuckles and toggles
d. Adjustable backstay
e. Clevis pins and cotter pins

9. Running Rigging
a. Halyards
b. Splices
c. Shackles
d. Sheets
e. Blocks
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