Aeolus
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Reged: 03/08/2004
Posts: 189
Loc: Sussex
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I've just been quoted ~£140 plus VAT per shroud/forestay/backstay for new standing rigging. This excludes fitting.
Does that sound expensive? It's for a 29 foot masthead sloop.
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Jonathan / Aeolus
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srp
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Reged: 10/05/2006
Posts: 1308
Loc: IoW
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Depends on the fittings you have specified on the ends, and whether you want new bottlescrews. The rigging wire itself is quite cheap (about £1 a metre for 4mm), but a swaged terminal would cost around £16 each end - this according to the last bill I had from Spencers Rigging in February.
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tiggertoo
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Reged: 23/08/2005
Posts: 1464
Loc: UK
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Sounds good to me. But what does that include?
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Aeolus
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Reged: 03/08/2004
Posts: 189
Loc: Sussex
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Just to clarify - that's £140 plus VAT for each shroud, not including new bottlescrews and not including fitting.
If swaged terminals are £16 each and 6mm wire is around £3 per metre, then a 12 metre long shroud should cost £16 x 2 + £3 x 12 which works out at £68. I'm being charged double that. Or is my calculation flawed?
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Jonathan / Aeolus
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Peegee
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Reged: 11/06/2001
Posts: 50
Loc: Kent
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I took all mine off(mast already down) and took it along to a local firm in Sittingbourne Kent. All done with new bottle screws,swaged terminals,and they even supplied the split-pins. under £300 the lot for 27'masthead rig
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John_Wilson
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Reged: 22/07/2006
Posts: 383
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Sounds expensive. Most riggers now use bottlescrews that have one end that swages on to the wire, so each shroud has one swage and one bottlescrew included.
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calypso1
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Reged: 04/12/2007
Posts: 145
Loc: brightlingsea essex
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Cost me £400 for split backstay, forstay, shrouds and fore and aft lowers and new bottle screws all round.26 foot sloop.
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BosunArrows
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Reged: 04/06/2001
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Try a quote from Jimmy Green. I was very surprised at his prices when I re-rigged last October. Service and supply time was excellent too.
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30boat
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Reged: 26/10/2001
Posts: 983
Loc: Portugal
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Very expensive.
I've been quoted £103 for each cap for my Fulmar and that's in 7mm Dyform. By ZSpars by the way.
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alldownwind
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Reged: 10/08/2004
Posts: 1272
Loc: Medway
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Quote:
I took all mine off(mast already down) and took it along to a local firm in Sittingbourne Kent. All done with new bottle screws,swaged terminals,and they even supplied the split-pins. under £300 the lot for 27'masthead rig
PeeGee, what firm was that in Sittingbourne, please?
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