Running Backstays
- Action: To Do List item A0173 – Replace all turnbuckles and rigging wire.
- Completed: 26 April 2017
- Cost: $274.80
Ordered and received the following items for the running backstays:
| P/N | Starboard mid-aft adjustable stay - 1/4" 1x19 316 SS cable | Q | Cost |
| 133-06 | Sta-Lok Eye - 1/4" wire X1/2" pin | 2 | $77.90 |
| 141x19316 | 1/4" 1x19 type 316 stainless | 34 | $59.50 |
| $137.40 | |||
| Port side mid-aft adjustable stay - 1/4" 1x19 316 SS cable | |||
| 133-06 | Sta-Lok Eye - 1/4" wire X1/2" pin | 2 | $77.90 |
| 141x19316 | 1/4" 1x19 type 316 stainless | 34 | $59.50 |
| $137.40 |
We removed a block from the lower eye terminal and disconnected the top eye terminal from the mast.
We installed a Sta-Loc Eye terminal on the 1/4 inch spool of wire and measured it for length to cut the new wire. Both running backstay wires were cut at 26 feet 10 inches, a lot shorter than the 34 feet estimated and purchased. The original wire eye-to-eye length was about 26 feet 11 inches. The wires were than reinstalled aboard.
The original running backstays were modified to include three sections of baggywrinkles for sail chafe protection. This was not installed on the new wires. The following picture depicts the length and location of the baggywrinkles on the running backstays.
