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Really polished, You mastered video... and yet somehow manage that while still moving...To those of us knowing whats what... Fascinating!!!! I am doing my rigging as well but on a 32' cutter, its no job like yours though. The swages is where wire fails. The cracking is expansion from corrosion which can be exacerbated by salt and water running down the wires. Stainless does not like being shut up away from the air. and to add to the problem any stray current makes for galvanic action. Lower ends such up the abuse most with the salt water getting into them from open ends, makes one wonder why cutting the ends off and refitting with extensions would not work. But a complete replacement is always advisable. Salt water is soooo corrosive and when stainless fails it is with no warning at all. I spent a lot of time aloft when I was younger. I would go up any line at all because I pictured as a kid the ropes we'd swing out over a canyon with from a tree. Ropes so old and tattered they looked as if they wouldn't hold up their own weight -let alone ours. But now at 180 lb. you learn to be more cautious. I'm lucky to still have all my rock climbing gear which makes some tasks easier but the chair and triple block make it easy enough but storage harder. Be careful hoisting up, especially the wire to rope halyards they will part sometimes. Anyway, Merry Christmas to you guys and Happy New year...

+SV Delos Sailing : Wow.... have you ever got caught up watching videos on YouTube and forgot how you got to it in the first place? Yeah, me too and thankfully I didn't have any work to do as I just finished binge-watching them all.... It brought back some good memories from when I was a kid and my dad skippered a ship called the "Samarang" out of Newport Beach, Ca back in the 60's. While he was skippering it, many times the Playboy magazine chartered it and the shots back in the day were taken on the bow of it. It was a 70' teak 3 master and was a lot of fun when we got to take it out from time to time when it wasn't chartered. Been trying to track it down somehow to see if it's still around somewhere. I heard a rumor a couple of years back that it might be in dry dock somewhere up in Washington being restored. If memory is right, I think it was built in the 30's - 40's. In any case keep up the good work and sail on brother!!

Where are you guys so close to Christmas ? I hope for all of you ... trips home, and great reunion after the first of the year ... is South Africa?

When will part 2 of "changing the rigging" be up and running? Can't wait to see how this goes. Brian ... I know that I needn't caution you ... but please be extremely careful with the rigging ... as you know so well you are dealing with extreme loads and pressures. Bud

Where did you get this imbecile - Mr Slowly-Slowly from ? ................................ You ought to drag him under the keel from bow to stern (not from side to side , - it would be to easy).

must be rich kids with lots of free money?????????????????????????????????????????????

the man you hired was definitely a putz. He was uncomfortable on the rigging and was not a very good communicator and was of no help at all. I would not trust his judgement either and he should find something else to do for a living.

Don't know why I haven't come across your channel before this. The video production is top notch. I'll be tuning in from now on.

Something terrifying about hearing that crunch, wondering how is this going to end!!?? Glad you guys are ok :-)

That sounds ominous, as in,"...you cannot be serious" type of situation!!!

Hey guys love your videos, keep them coming :-)

I have seen a few boats hit other boats and just leave the scene...luckily the times I witness these incidents I was able to get the boat information before they left and on at least two occasions I know the offenders were tracked down and made to pay up. At least you had a great sunset to end the day. :)

Great update, but not so great about the damages. All for a reason, I guess. I look forward to seeing how this turns out!

great video, but bad news about esper, good luck guys!