Dodgy Rigging Split Pins

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EastCoastSail
EastCoastSail
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374 posts
26 Aug 2026 3:40pm
I desire this boat, it looks great and has recently been re-rigged and re-engined.

Have a look at this walkthrough video (turn off the music its horrible) - have a look at all the rigging split pins, not one of them has a spread tail, the split pin on the port side rigging is halfway out. Scary.

www.yachtworld.com/yacht/1987-custom-danish-44-pilothouse-10104453/
garymalmgren
garymalmgren
1417 posts
1417 posts
26 Aug 2026 3:48pm
I would say that she is not finished.
Note the bit of plastic as a mast boot.
You are sure right about the music. Who was that chosen for?

gary
EastCoastSail
EastCoastSail
374 posts
374 posts
26 Aug 2026 4:19pm
Gary, I hope your right.
Quixotic
Quixotic
ACT
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ACT, 244 posts
27 Aug 2026 2:44pm
Just a guess, but might be the result of someone being interrupted during the work and thinking they'd already done that side, and not checking to make sure. Or the other classic is two people doing the work, being interrupted, and then one thinking the other one has already completed that bit, when they haven't, and again, not checking.

Whatever the reason, if it is not yet done, they need to spread the tails on those split pins. So I used the message the seller form alongside the ad to alert them to the apparent problem. If they respond at all, they may say the video was taken before the rigging work was finished.
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