Thanks Cary
It seems like a much more efficient way to go.
I launch my boat in the spring and haul it out in the late fall. The most consuming part of the exercise is installing or removing the cotter rings from the turnbuckles.
I’ll install some this week

Bob

On Sat, Jun 1, 2024 at 12:36 PM Cary Tolbert <retiredtoby at gmail.com> wrote:

> Bob , I think it is .032 dia. I believe you can get 100 ft rolls on Amazon.
> It ranges from $10 to $15 per roll.
> I went traditional the first year with my boat but soon was frustrated with
> the difficulty and expense plus the difficulty of getting the carter pins
> in stainless steel.  Also being of Scottish genes I knew weather was a
> better way. The last 11 years I have used the safety wire system and still
> have 75% of the roll in my tool box on the boat..
>
> Cary Tolbert
> S/V Whisper
> Claytor Lake, VA
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 1, 2024 at 12:18 PM Bob Garrant <bgarrant at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Cary,
> > What gauge stainless steel safety wire did you use?
> > Thanks
> >
> > Bob Garrant
> > S/V Sail la Vie
> > Kent Island, Maryland
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Jun 1, 2024 at 11:23 AM Cary Tolbert <retiredtoby at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Graham, I have found using stainless steel safety wire (used in
> aircraft)
> > > works well. It comes in small rolls. I cut about 3 inches or 75 mm  and
> > > feed it through the hole in the turnbuckle bolts and around the
> > turnbuckle
> > > body then three twists. Then snip off the excess and bend it to the
> > inside.
> > > Cheap and holds well but if you need to adjust later , just snipe it
> off
> > > and adjust and re apply. I got the idea from working on naval
> > > aircraft's electronic gear many many years ago. Try it, you will like
> it.
> > > Cary Tolbert
> > > S/V Whisper
> > > Claytor Lake, VA
> > >
> > > On Sat, Jun 1, 2024 at 10:57 AM Graham Parker <gramille at tds.net>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > What are people's preferred method of the locking the stays once the
> > > > correct tension is reached?
> > > >  I find the cotter rings/split rings to be extremely fiddly and time
> > > > consuming.
> > > > I bet some of you have much better solutions?
> > > > Cheers
> > > > Graham Parker
> > > > sv ‘00Sailin'
> > >
> >
>