Hi, I'm looking at buying a 70' Cat, are few of the stays on the 20 meter mast needs replacing. Can anyone suggest a general costs of the job?

Yeh, that's great thank you.

MorningBird said..
Not a great comparison but the standing rig on my S&S34 sloop will be about $6000. My guess is you will be up for $20-30,000.

Is that with Chinese wire or Korean Morning bird?

MorningBird said..

HG02 said...

MorningBird said..
Not a great comparison but the standing rig on my S&S34 sloop will be about $6000. My guess is you will be up for $20-30,000.

Is that with Chinese wire or Korean Morning bird?

From Joe Walsh in Woolwich. He does great work at reasonable prices, one of the best reputations in Sydney. Admittedly he gave me this price a couple of years ago but inflation is low.
What would you expect HG?

Just some one explained to me that not much Japanese wires come to Oz any more far to expensive the choice appears is Chinese lower cost or Korean higher cost

I think the Chinese produce some remarkably good quality stuff.. Yes there are a million knock off shops that produce junk, but don't think all Chinese products lack quality..

I am talking in general terms and not specific products such as SS rigging...

Hi Delta
Also who or where it is done. Roberts 25 new rigging in SA, 12k.
Currently I am waiting for new / rigging , 8 m mast/ in Yeppoon, 16 k.
Mast was ordered in March and currently is on its way , I was told. ...speedy job isn't it...

Biggest cost factor in rigging replacement is labour.

I just replaced all the rigging on a Benny 40 for $6k but $2k of that was labour as there was some major unforseen issues with the removal of the old wires (including taking 4 hours to release 4 turnbuckles that has seized!)
It was also tough because the boat was 200k from me and I had to go on customer pics and info only.
That said he only paid 4 cartons of beer for the crane as there was one onsite at the YC doing other work.
In reality if the boat was closer to me and it all went well we could of easily completed the job in a day, less than half the labour costs.

As for your cat, 12mm 1x19 S/S wire (Korean which is what I have stood many masts with and replaced hundreds of stays including my own boat) sells for about $17p/m and if you had a turnbuckle and a eye on the wire add another $600 per wire.
So that's atleast $950 a stay @ 20m but I reckon you might have 14mm or even 16mm. That gets really $$$ as not many riggers have a swage machine to go above 14mm.
I could easily see the components be $10k plus labour and crane hire, budget $15k if you can change out the wires yourself, $20k if you want a rigger to do the whole job.