IRC 2011 - Composite Standing Rigging

8:18 PM Mon 17 May 2010 GMT

At a recent meeting of the IRC Technical Committee, the subject of the rating cost of composite standing rigging was discussed. The Committee noted that the technology of composite standing rigging has matured significantly in recent years to the extent that it is now becoming close to mainstream. There is now evidence that composite standing rigging has a life expectancy at least that of steel rod rigging. In parallel, the cost of composite standing rigging has fallen to the extent that some brands are now available at costs only a little higher than the equivalent steel rod rigging. Composite standing ...

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