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Hi I'm looking for some used standing rigging with or without turnbuckles for Dragon my 1980 382 hull# 220 . Also dose anyone have the measurements of the rigging or know where I can get them ? Im on lake Ontario and Dragon is in Little Harbour Abaco . Thanks Gary
 
namwah said:
Hi I'm looking for some used standing rigging with or without turnbuckles for Dragon my 1980 382 hull# 220 . Also dose anyone have the measurements of the rigging or know where I can get them ? Im on lake Ontario and Dragon is in Little Harbour Abaco . Thanks Gary
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Ken at DatsWite might have them if you go to his blog and contact him
Rolf - I have a 382 with original rigging. I'm also replacing mine. I don't know if the measurements are the same for the 382 and the 383, but this is what I have.

Except for the split backstay, all wire is 5/16". The split portion of the backstay is 1/4"

Lower pins on the 5/16" wire stays are all 5/8".

Lower pins on the split backstay are 7/16".

Upper pins on the shrouds and stays are 5/8".

Upper pins on the lowers are smaller than 5/8", but I need to verify measurements.
 
Thanks John And Ken I've tried to find the factory specs for the 382 standing rigging but no luck . I had to leave The Abacos this spring before I had a chance to get the measurements .Home port where on Lake Champlain we are now at our camp in the Adirondacks on the Saranac river about 40 mins from Plattsburg ferry . Gary
 
namwah said:
Thanks John And Ken I've tried to find the factory specs for the 382 standing rigging but no luck . I had to leave The Abacos this spring before I had a chance to get the measurements .Home port where on Lake Champlain we are now at our camp in the Adirondacks on the Saranac river about 40 mins from Plattsburg ferry . Gary
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I didn’t know that. We are on Lake Champlain as well! Hopefully Ken will find the rigging specs for you. Send your contact info
 
Hey, guys, I found my invoice from my rig replacement a few years ago. My rig is a bit different from John's in that my headstay is 3/8" wire - not sure if that was original or if it was upgraded from 5/16" when the previous owner installed a roller furler. The descriptions are a bit cryptic, but you should be able to determine what each piece is based upon quantities. The backstay has 2 SSB insulators in it. As far as I know, all of the chainplates are original with no modifications to pin sizes. My boat is a 1981, hull #257. See attached file. The invoice also includes work to replace the bearings in my furler.
 

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Hey, guys, I found my invoice from my rig replacement a few years ago. My rig is a bit different from John's in that my headstay is 3/8" wire - not sure if that was original or if it was upgraded from 5/16" when the previous owner installed a roller furler. The descriptions are a bit cryptic, but you should be able to determine what each piece is based upon quantities. The backstay has 2 SSB insulators in it. As far as I know, all of the chainplates are original with now modification of pin sizes. My boat is a 1981, hull #257. See attached file. The invoice also includes work to replace the bearings in my furler.
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Thanks Ken. This is a very helpful real world assement of the actual costs involved with rerigging the Morgan standing rigging. Very helpful.
 
Sure. Keep in mind that this price only includes "building" the stays and replacing the bearings of the furler. I did not pay them to unstep/step the mast or install the rig. I did that work myself.

Ken
 
datswite said:
Sure. Keep in mind that this price only includes "building" the stays and replacing the bearings of the furler. I did not pay them to unstep/step the mast or install the rig. I did that work myself.

Ken
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If you pay 5e yard where we are...another 1500 bucks! Not cheap.
 
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