Hybrid Rigging: SYNTHETIC & Stainless Steel Rigging on a 17 ton aluminium catamaran: Part 1 (Ep.100)

We are replacing our standing rigging with a Hybrid Rigging, some of our stays will be changed our for "like for like" stainless steel wire stays and others will be replaced with dyneema. We are going with Synthetic rigging for a few different reasons. The first is cost, the second is the weight saving, and the third reason is because, well, we really want to give it a try! We are keeping our forestay and inner forestay as ss wire because we have furlers on those stays and we won't be able to monitor the dyneema inside. The Caps and Lowers will be changed to Dyneema and the lower section of the inner forestay where it connects to the hull at the water line will be changed to Dyneema. And our prodder is going to be changed to Dyneema as well. We are doing the rigging video in 2 parts. This week we are tackling the two forestays and swapping out the wires and next week in part 2 we are changing out the caps, lowers and everything forwards by the waterline, as well as cutting, splicing, and stretching the dyneema. Let us know what you think of our hybrid rigging system! ________________ ABOUT US: Ahoy! We are the James Family, a family of three sailing around the world and sharing our adventures in family-friendly episodes every week! Sam is originally from New Zealand, Cait is originally from the United States; we met in Cairns, Australia and a few years later during Covid-19 we eloped and then a year later our family grew, and we welcomed Charlie! We took the big plunge in 2022 and decided to follow our dream, sold everything, and purchased an old, unfinished, aluminum Catamaran and we are now fixing her up as we sail around the world. Subscribe and follow our journey! ________________________________________________________ If you missed last week's episode, watch it here: https://youtu.be/gPs7dnMbyz4 Boat tour of our project boat, an Aluminum Catamaran: https://youtu.be/RhyaasimV9M ________________________________________________________ Chapter Content: 00:00 - Welcome Aboard 01:03 - Hybrid Rigging 05:31 - Forestay 09:15 - How to Disassemble a Fuler 12:28 - Wire Replacement 13:37 - TefGel Vs. Duralac 15:23 - Hoisting New Wire 16:37 - Next Week for Part 2 _______________________________________ You can support us making sailing videos by: Become a virtual crew member by becoming a PATREON! - YOU are making these videos possible! https://patreon.com/Sailingwiththejamess You can make a once off donation for the price of a cup of coffee! https://ko-fi.com/sailingwiththejamess _________________________________________________________ SOCIAL MEDIA https://www.facebook.com/SailingWithTheJamess https://www.instagram.com/SailingWithTheJamess/ THANKS for watching! Sam, Cait, & Charlie #syntheticrigging #hybridrigging #dyneema #dyneemarigging #replacingrigging #rigging