Considering eye thimbles and sleeves for standing rigging.

[cyrano138]

Originally Posted by capt jgw

Back in the'80's I built a 24 foot Bruce Roberts design. Standing rigging was 3/16" 1x19 wire and I used Nicopress fittings on all, two sleeves per end. Bending the 1x19 around the thimbles was a real pain and of I were to do it again I'd use 7x7 or 7x19. A little more stretch but much more flexible. I sailed that boat pretty hard and the rig held up just fine. I've used Nicopress for many things since, always use two sleeves, and never had a failure.

How heavy was that boat, approximately? The Cal 20 weighs about 2000 lbs. Just curious.