Safety at sea starts in the harbor, at the boatyard. Minor problems
seen early enough can be easily addressed.
Lives
are at risk should the worst happen. Hathaway inspections can
prevent rig collapse -
Some
items commonly found include fatigued and broken toggles, cracks
in swaged fittings, wear in turning blocks etc, other items
are harder to see but critical to ensuring your rig remains
standing. For one customer, a routine inspection found a cracked
spreader tip that could be rectified easily, another customer's
inspection identified a small crack in the mast. Any one of
these items left long enough can cause total rig failure !
We
recommend a full inspection and tuning of spars and all rigging
at least every two years, and always upon change of ownership.
Our expert rigging team will carefully inspect swages, splices,
lifelines, masthead fittings, sheaves, tangs, spreaders, gooseneck
and boom.
Once
everything is inspected we will adjust the tuning of the rig
to ensure it's providing the support and performance it should
for you. We will notify you of our findings, discuss them so
you can understand the condition and life expectancy. We will
make recommendations on what you should consider and the options
available to you.
View
an article on rig tune by Tom Anderson recently published in
Cruising World. Click here
to view.
Contact
us to schedule an inspection
