Peter,
My personal belief is that copper is to soft a metal to use. Cotter rings  
are stainless steel.
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 6/18/2013 10:41:54 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
sailer291 at hotmail.com writes:

l lock  turnbuckes with cast off solid copper wire, free and easy to keep a 
few bits  on board. Almost lost fwd lower in head seas on a rough day, 
really bad as my  old viking 28 class was known to have mast weakness at the 
spreaders. Not fun  to reattach in 5ft seas 5m out on a 70m transit. Been 
careful re pins, shackes  for last 35yrs.. Forgot the other object lessons as got 
to cocky as posing as  an old salt.
Keep leaning as forgot my lessons from my  PPL.
Peter

> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:34:51 -0700
> From:  Marc at babineauins.com
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Subject:  Re: [Rhodes22-list] Problem with Main Sail shackle with screw 
pin
>  
> Thanks one and all!
> 
> Nothing actually broke - the  screw pin worked its way out releasing the 
mail
> sail block &  tackle equipment. As a helicopter pilot, I have a pre-flight
> check  list and spend a fair amount of time checking belts, bolts, nuts 
and
>  anything else that can kill me me if it comes loose. I admit that during 
 the
> equipment check on the boat, I missed that the shackle pin was a  screw in
> pin. It will be replaced with a shackle containing a locking  safety pin
> which IMHO should be standard equipment.
> 
>  As for sailing, while new to the endeavor, I did spend three days at  the
> JWorld Performance Sailing school. There's nothing like leaving a  dock 
for 7
> hours a day , sailing in between million dollar yachts in  Newport Harbor,
> and returning without a motor to develop some basic  skills.
> 
> As an aside, does everyone add lock rings to the  shroud turnbuckles to 
keep
> them from potentially loosening over the  sailing season?
> 
> 
> 
> 
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