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I have to decide whether to shim my old 7/8" stanchions to fit the new 1" stanchion bases, or simply upgrade to new 1" stanchions. One of the factors in the decision is that stanchion-mounted fairleads and blocks for the roller furling line and other hardware that might attach to the stanchions only appear to only come in 1" models these days. Is 7/8' rigging hardware really this hard to find?
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1974 Mark II C&C 27
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Hey Windy,
I use the Spinlock Stainless Bulls-eye fairleads on my stanchions to handle the furling line. Although these fairleads are moulded for 1-inch stanchions, they are supplied with moulded plastic liner sleeves which allow them to fit properly onto 7/8-inch stanchions. My forward fairlead is a proper rolling sheave, also from Spinlock, which allows me to adjust the angle of the block leading into the furling drum. It too came with the plastic sleeves. As a solution, these may be worth looking into.
Alternatively, I wrote in another posting in this forum about using 1-inch stainless tube with a 7/8-inch inner diameter to sleeve the bottom 4 inches of my stanchions back when I was retrofitting my C&C 25. The bonus in that approach was that the additional 1-inch diameter tubing extended more than 2 inches above the stanchion bases, not only reinforcing the stanchions at their weakest point but also providing a 1-inch diameter anchoring point for fairleads, pole mounts, etc.
At any rate, that's how I have dealt with this issue in the past. Hope it helps.
Marcus from Carriden
Mk III, Hull #847
Oakville, Ontario
Marcus Opitz,
Formerly from Carriden, Mk III, Hull #847,
now skippering "Everdina," a 1975 Ontario 32
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