500: Cap shroud replacement

[AndyinAbudhabi]

I've recently had a rig inspection done on my Lagoon 500 and one of the upper cap shroud eye's is cracked. The rigger said the mast has to be removed to replace the shroud.

Just wondering if anyone has replaced one without removing the mast.

Cheers,

Andy

[Cap Erict3]

Did he say why?

I replaced my mono’s standing rigging year before last using halyards for stability.

[AndyinAbudhabi]

Cap Erict3,

I've just sent the rigger an email asking that question.

I would have thought using the halyards as you did would work.

[Jim Cate]

Perhaps a rice bowl issue?

No specific knowledge of your boat, but I've replaced a number of shrouds and stays with the mast up. They were all keel stepped masts, but I've seen other boats with deck stepped rigs doin' it. With the wide beam of the cat, halyards work better as substitute shrouds, so I expect that it will work ok.

Jim

[s/v Moondancer]

We replaced all the through mast bolts that hold all the shroud tangs serially with the mast in.

[rom]

Originally Posted by AndyinAbudhabi

I've recently had a rig inspection done on my Lagoon 500 and one of the upper cap shroud eye's is cracked. The rigger said the mast has to be removed to replace the shroud.

Just wondering if anyone has replaced one without removing the mast.

Cheers,

Andy

Lagoon 440 here, I had the forestay and lower shrouds replaced without removing the mast. I see no reason why you cannot do the same for the main shrouds.

Make sure your rigger has the proper terminals, especially the ones up. Same as the original from Sparcraft. I was very disapointed by what the rigger in gran canaria tried to install on my boat...

You may not need to change the tensioners. Those are probably very expensive on your boat.

[AndyinAbudhabi]

Thanks all for the feedback.

Jim, boat is located in Hong Kong so we do have quite a few rice bowl issues here..

Photo's attached for reference

[AndyinAbudhabi]

Hopefully photo's this time..

[Bean Counter]

How old is the rig? At 10 years it may be worth replacing all the rigging. Some insurers require fresh rigging at year 10. It would then be worth taking the mast down. Judging from the photos your entire rig may need a good going over and that is best done on the ground. You don't normally need to be hauled out to do that though.

[AndyinAbudhabi]

Boat and rig are 10 years old. 8 of those years were alongside in the marina or local sailing so very little wear and tear.

I'll contact my insurer and see what they say.

Thanks Bean Counter.