Jim Young SAMS® AMS® | Principal Marine Surveyor
Phone: (301) 904-8305 | Email: [email protected]

This is a good example of sailboat rigging about to fail. The swage fitting has cracked along it’s length and the wire will eventually pull out. Periodic inspection and maintenance of your rigging is necessary to prevent this type of failure and a sizeable repair bill. NOTE: I was not aloft when I found this one but had been just previously and found another at a spreader fitting.